Humans have believed to see supernaturalistic elements for thousands of years. Born out of human curiosity or simply a justification for events that cannot be explained, it has been the subject of many texts, both scholarly and popular. One of these popular sources is William Shakespeare’s text, Macbeth, in which the supernatural plays an important role in the central theme of justice. The author conveys the idea of how an honorable man is manipulated by the powers of the supernatural to lead him to his hubris. Supernatural elements such as the Witches, the dagger, Banquo’s ghost and the Apparitions amplify the beginning and the end of the cycle of life.
The three Witches are the most prominent voices of unnaturalness in Macbeth. As soon as the play begins, we are introduced into the desolation of the heath where, among thunder and lightning, the three Witches plan to meet Macbeth. This scene purposely set dark and ominous by Shakespeare sets up the tone of the rest of the play. It opens with the poetic verse of the Witches and this places their supernatural influence at the center of events. Macbeth’s first line, “so foul and fair a day I have not seen” (1.3.39) is a direct echo of the Witches’ opening chant, “fair is foul and foul is fair” (1.1.11) as
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a foreshadow that everything will get chaotic, creating an air of confusion that is going to remain throughout the play.The fact that the Witches plan to meet Macbeth in “thunder, lightning or rain” and that they finish their meeting “hovering through the fog and filthy air”, gives the audience the idea that everything happening in this