The witch’s prediction comes true that Macbeth becomes Thane of Cowdor, which leads Macbeth to believe that the witch’s aren’t as evil as everyone say’s and makes him believe what the witch’s predict next. King Duncan is to stay at Macbeth’s castle, and Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth in about Duncan’s arrival. Lady Macbeth is aware of Macbeth’s meeting with the witches and what they told him. She wants to get the royal title more than Macbeth. This makes her deceitfully plot a murder while King Duncan is on his stay. The supernatural is brought in again.
“Is this a dagger I see before me?”
Before the death of King Duncan takes place, Macbeth has a vision of a dagger. This vision of the dagger is another example of the supernatural elements in Macbeth. When Macbeth sees the dagger, this ultimately leads him into committing the crime.
Macbeth is now King, the only thing in Macbeth’s way now is Banquo who was there when the witches told Macbeth their prediction, which leads him to suspect that Macbeth kill Duncan.
“…I fear, thou play’st most foully for’t”.
Banquo tells Macbeth that he suspects him of King Duncan’s death,
“…Thou play’st foully for’t”
Banquo knows now that Macbeth had to kill Duncan to achieve his kingship. The witches also predicted Banquo’s future.
“Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none”
The witches tell Banquo that he will not become king but he will be the father of many kings. This is a problem for Macbeth, because the only way Banquo’s children can be kings is if Macbeth dies. Which means his life is at risk, and maybe discovered as the murderer of King Duncan. To act upon this Macbeth has Banquo killed, on the same night he invites him to dinner to not raise suspicion. Macbeth knows Banquo is dead so he could not be at his house. But Banquo appears as a ghost whom Macbeth could only see, through the supernatural this shows Macbeths fear and guilt. Macbeth is about to sit down at the table with his wife and some nobles, when he sees no place for him at the table, he thinks that there’s a figure already sitting there, in reality there is no figure and his seat at the table is empty. He later discovers that it’s the ghost of Banquo.
“What treachery is this, which of you have done this?”
The nobles are confused and some are anxious and link the death of King Duncan to Macbeth. But none say what they think, but try and calm the situation down. After this event some are positive that Macbeth had or was involved in the death of King Duncan.
In this scene the play becomes more sinister and the atmosphere transforms to cold, darkness and ranging evil. Macbeth goes to the moor to meet the witches on his situation, and makes the witches promise to answer his questions and they conjure up supernatural apparitions to answer him. At first these apparitions seem to be on Macbeth’s side. As he thinks more about the apparitions he feels there is something darker about them.
These supernatural apparitions are as important as the earlier predictions by the witches, since they show several characteristics which Macbeth has endured since his first meeting. This scene shows how Macbeth now doesn’t follow his own instincts but only the supernatural.
This apparitions is one of the reasons for Macbeth’s death. He relied on the supernatural so much which lead him to loosing all strength of suspicion, which also leads him to being tricked by the witches. When he is told “None of women born shall harm Macbeth”
He becomes over confident in himself and doesn’t fear anything or is careful of anyone. When both Macbeth and Macduff meet at his end he is not scared and threatens Macduff not to fight him, as he had too much of Macduff’s family blood already on his sword. The apparitions are also important of proving that supernatural is evil and can manipulate even the strongest person.
This is the last meeting between Macbeth and the witches before the end of the play, and the last time any supernatural thing occurs. This scene also shows how the witches’ supernatural abilities make Macbeth more fearful of death, because the apparitions disagree with themselves by saying
“Beware of Macduff” and “None of women born shall harm Macbeth”.
Macbeth doesn’t know that he is being tricked by the fact that Macduff was born premature and in a way which is not of women born. Therefore it is possible for Macduff to harm Macbeth.
The disagreement in the apparitions makes Macbeth double minded and unsure. Though eventually, he convinces himself that not even Macduff can harm him. At this moment Macbeth is unclear of what is meant by the third apparition who involved a child holding a tree and is crowned. Macbeth ignores it and is still worried about his death and his kingship is becoming more confusing to him and Lady Macbeth.
Although Lady Macbeth seems to have a stronger mental character at the beginning of the play, she then suffers from remorse and confusion. She tends to get obsessed about the out dammed spot, which leads herself in believing that devils sucking her blood. Lady Macbeth describes the supernatural as her “destruction” and she refers to her royalty as doubtful joy. When Macbeth is informed of Lady Macbeth’s death he responds with no emotion, this suggests that he really didn’t care and how selfish he became due to the supernatural.
Macbeth has knowledge of Malcolm’s army and how they will attack the castle and has told his army to respond in the same manner. At the end of the play Macbeth is being slain by Macduff, and Malcom is crowned the rightful king. This is the third and final apparition which was given to Macbeth by the witches. This apparition had also come true.
The play ends up following a man to his complete annihilation and loss of honesty the supernatural is very crucial as it is the reason behind, Macbeth and his demolition.
