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...