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The Supernatural:
The powers of
darkness are bad
company for
anyone
- Quotation 2: "Ah good father, thou seest the
heavens, as troubled with man’s act, threaten
his bloody stage: by the clock ‘tis day, and yet
dark night strangles the travelling lamp. Is ‘t
night’s predominance or the day’s shame, that
darkness does the face of the earth entomb,
when living light should kiss it?” Ross, Act 2
Sc.4. Lines 5 - 10
- Ross explains to the old man
how angry the heavens are
with man’s recent actions
(Macbeth murdering Duncan),
which has now caused
disorder in the chain of being.
Events caused by the powers
of darkness are taking place
one by one. Owls are killing
falcons, Duncan’s horses
attacked and killed each other
and it is dark during the day.
- Ross explains to the old man
how angry the heavens are
with man’s recent actions
(Macbeth murdering Duncan),
which has now caused
disorder in the chain of being.
Events caused by the powers
of darkness are taking place
one by one. Owls are killing
falcons, Duncan’s horses
attacked and killed each other
and it is dark during the day.
- Quotation 1: “Out damned
spot; out, I say. One, two, -
why, then ‘tis time to do ‘t.
Hell is murky. Fie, my lord,
fie, a soldier and afeard?
What need we fear who
knows it when none can call
our power to account? Yet
who would have thought the
old man to have had so
much blood in him?” Act 5
Sc. 1. Lady Macbeth, Lines
30 - 34
- Lady Macbeth, who was once
strong, powerful, and not
afraid to murder in order to
gain power, is now suffering
the affects of the witches
power over Macbeth. The
unwelcome company of their
dark powers has slowly driven
her crazy from guilt, resulting
in her suicide in Act 5.
- Lady Macbeth, who was once
strong, powerful, and not
afraid to murder in order to
gain power, is now suffering
the affects of the witches
power over Macbeth. The
unwelcome company of their
dark powers has slowly driven
her crazy from guilt, resulting
in her suicide in Act 5.
- Symbol:
Hallucinations
- Macbeth's hallucinations are caused
by the witches - supernatural beings -
who give him half truths and cause
some of his hallucinations of the
people he has killed. These
hallucinations cause him more and
more guilt, slowly breaking him down
and desensitizing himself from
everything, including feelings for his
wife. Some hallucinations, such as
those in Act 4 Sc. 1, drive Macbeth
to kill Macduffs family and to continue
his murderous streak in order to
keep his status of king, promised by
the witches.
- Macbeth's hallucinations are caused
by the witches - supernatural beings -
who give him half truths and cause
some of his hallucinations of the
people he has killed. These
hallucinations cause him more and
more guilt, slowly breaking him down
and desensitizing himself from
everything, including feelings for his
wife. Some hallucinations, such as
those in Act 4 Sc. 1, drive Macbeth
to kill Macduffs family and to continue
his murderous streak in order to
keep his status of king, promised by
the witches.
- Event: Act 2 Sc. 4 Ross and the
old man observe disorder in
the chain of being and strange
events.
- Ross and the Old Man discuss supernatural
events caused by Macbeth murdering Duncan
under the false promises from the three witches.
These events foreshadow further disruption not
only in the chain of being but in Scotland in
general. Everyone involved with Macbeth in
Scotland is in some way affected by the dark
powers of the supernatural, carried out by
Macbeth’s actions.
- Ross and the Old Man discuss supernatural
events caused by Macbeth murdering Duncan
under the false promises from the three witches.
These events foreshadow further disruption not
only in the chain of being but in Scotland in
general. Everyone involved with Macbeth in
Scotland is in some way affected by the dark
powers of the supernatural, carried out by
Macbeth’s actions.
- By: Dayna Obbema
- Foils: Macduff
- Macduff does not fall into
Macbeths trap or the dark
powers of the supernatural.
Instead he travels to England to
gather an army to take Macbeth
out of power, and fixed the
trouble caused by the
supernatural.
- Macduff does not fall into
Macbeths trap or the dark
powers of the supernatural.
Instead he travels to England to
gather an army to take Macbeth
out of power, and fixed the
trouble caused by the
supernatural.
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