Macbeth’s supernatural scenes explained In today’s rational and
scientifically explainable world, it would be hard for us to believe in
supernatural intervention in our every day lives unlike during the times of the
Shakespearean plays. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are three examples of
this kind of thing: one with the witches, one with a ghost of a best friend, and
one with the a few apparitions. In the first nonrational scene three old dirty
hags (witches) are discussing where they should meet Macbeth to persuade him
into thinking he should be the nest king. When Macbeth finally meets the three
witches on the heath like they had planed, him and his best friend Banquo are
there. The witches know form years of experience that people that are Thanes
always want to be king some day no matter what it takes. With the witches
knowing this, they make Macbeth think that he is to be king or made king by
saying “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”(I, iii, 50)
Therefor most of what the witches say they know because the have many years of
experience and wisdom under their sleeves. Banquo, knowing what the witches had
said, has to be dealt with by Macbeth. So Macbeth hires a hit man to take care
of Banquo, and at Macbeth’s dinner party all the seats are filled except for
Banquo’s. Macbeth, feeling guilty about his best friend, starts to hallucinate
and thinks he is seeing Banquo’s ghost in his seat. So Macbeth says to
everyone “The table is full”(III,iv,46) and everyone thinks he is physco.
Macbeth starts talking to the so called ghost that he thinks is sitting there
saying “Thou canst say I did it.”(III,iv,50) With Macbeth saying this it
lets everyone know about the guilt that Macbeth feels and some of the other
people know the crime he has committed as well. In the last witch scene Macbeth
wants to see some things or people that he should beware of in the future. So
the witches give Macbeth the descriptive physique of three apparitions: one of a
solider in battle, one of a king that is a kid, and one of a bleeding child.
While the witches call the apparitions out Macbeth sees them, and again it could
be a figment of his imagination or it could be because it is at night and he
can’t see very well. So maybe there are some things in the Elizabethan era
that then could not be explained and they were considered supernatural. But now
as we look back into that era we can most likely find a rational explanation for
most of the things called “supernatural” in that day, like the witches,
Banquo’s ghost and the apparitions. In today’s society most things are
scientifically explainable. In today’s rational and scientifically explainable
world, it would be hard for us to believe in supernatural intervention in our
every day lives unlike during the times of the Shakespearean plays. In
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are three examples of this kind of thing: one
with the witches, one with a ghost of a best friend, and one with the a few
apparitions. In the first nonrational scene three old dirty hags (witches) are
discussing where they should meet Macbeth to persuade him into thinking he
should be the nest king. When Macbeth finally meets the three witches on the
heath like they had planed, him and his best friend Banquo are there. The
witches know form years of experience that people that are Thanes always want to
be king some day no matter what it takes. With the witches knowing this, they
make Macbeth think that he is to be king or made king by saying “All hail,
Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”(I, iii, 50) Therefor most of what the
witches say they know because the have many years of experience and wisdom under
their sleeves. Banquo, knowing what the witches had said, has to be dealt with
by Macbeth. So Macbeth hires a hit man to take care of Banquo, and at
Macbeth’s dinner party all the seats are filled except for Banquo’s. Macbeth,
feeling guilty about his best friend, starts to hallucinate and thinks he is
seeing Banquo’s ghost in his seat. So Macbeth says to everyone “The table is
full”(III,iv,46) and everyone thinks he is physco. Macbeth starts talking to
the so called ghost that he thinks is sitting there saying “Thou canst say I
did it.”(III,iv,50) With Macbeth saying this it lets everyone know about the
guilt that Macbeth feels and some of the other people know the crime he has
committed as well. In the last witch scene Macbeth wants to see some things or
people that he should beware of in the future. So the witches give Macbeth the
descriptive physique of three apparitions: one of a solider in battle, one of a
king that is a kid, and one of a bleeding child. While the witches call the
apparitions out Macbeth sees them, and again it could be a figment of his
imagination or it could be because it is at night and he can’t see very well.
So maybe there are some things in the Elizabethan era that then could not be
explained and they were considered supernatural. But now as we look back into
that era we can most likely find a rational explanation for most of the things
called “supernatural” in that day, like the witches, Banquo’s ghost and
the apparitions. In today’s society most things are scientifically
explainable.