-Discuss the role of the witches and the effects of the supernatural element in the play “Macbeth”.
One of Shakespeare’s most famous plays “Macbeth” was performed in the early 1600’s. The story was made to be shown in theatres and was performed countless of times to entertain. Macbeth is a Shakespearean tragedy, but it could also be argued it is similar to a Greek trudge. As opposed to Greek tragedies Shakespeare made their inner weakness of man visible to the audience in Macbeth. The play is famous for its themes such as supernatural, greed, disorder and ambition. In the play the main character Macbeth went from Protagonist to antagonist which is unusual in most plays and story’s out. Shakespeare does this to show how the supernatural can affect you and turn a good, loyal, trustworthy person to bad. …show more content…
However the audience know that Macduff was not born naturally and was born by Ceserian.
In act five scenes seven everybody knows that Macbeth is evil. In scene five scene seven Macduff refers to Macbeth as being a “Hell being,” whereas earlier he called him “Valliant & Brave” which is a huge contrast between them and shows how much he has changed & become evil and how much other people can see it aswell. The audience are repeatedly reminded how much the supernatural has effects him.
The witches show us how people can easily be tempted and how different people react to situations in different ways like Macbeth and Banquo. The witches played many different roles for example entertainment kept the play moving in the right places and represented evil and temptations. The witches also represented potential for evil influence. The witches bring disorder to show that the supernatural can cause allot of badness. The witches are a symbol of inner battle of human nature between good and bad