The Supernatural

             Throughout William Shakespeare's Macbeth, many characters evolve and
             many disappear into the background. The main character, Macbeth (MB for
             short), travels through utter chaos when he proclaims himself monarch.
             When he first meets the witches of the supernatural, they tell him of
             the future. One of the themes amplified throughout the play is the
             circle of life, from the beginning to the end. The visions provided by
             the three witches begin Macbeth's quest for dominance. The three main
             effects of this theme are: the death of Macbeth's friends and family.
             Second, the deaths of his mortal enemies. The last point is the death of
             himself. The supernatural amplifies the theme of death.
             From the first brief encounter of the witches, to the last nightmarish
             visions that Macbeth has, many close friends and relatives have died
             because of his visions with the supernatural. The death of his wife in
             Act V, Scene IV is the death that sends him over the abyss and into
             mental instability. Lady Macbeth is like a joined appendage to Macbeth.
             They work as one, communicate as one, and when that appendage is lost,
             so is MB's grip with reality. Lady Macbeth was the only person he could
             truly confide in. The supernatural also had another key factor to her
             death. In the first act of the play, she calls on the powers of the
             supernatural to make her strong. The following quote, "Come, you spirits
             that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown
             to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty! make thick my blood, stop up the
             access and passage to remorse... Come to my woman's breasts, and take my
             milk for gall...", is possibly the most important passage that leads to
             Lady Macbeth's death. She calls on the evil spirits to "unsex" her, and
             to replace her "milk" with "gall". It seems that she wants to be the
             most cruelest being in the world. The theme of the life cycle i...

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