Superstiton and Symbolism in Macbeth

in that respect are galore(postnominal) pictures which complicate a characters superstitions in Shakespeares Macbeth. Macbeth and his married woman get down into a pot of these superstition throughout the play. They fall into the superstitions of the witches and believe their prophecies. As a effect they commit many sins and murders out of greed. These sins st invention to subconsciously overcome Macbeth and Lady Macbeth with guilt. somewhat examples of the ways we know that they observe criminal are the spike permit, fete and the sleepwalking scenes.\nAll of these scenes eliminate in different places and refer pass to different people. All of these scenes confine many differences and different effectuate on the play. However, they also work many similarities. Each scene helps to show the audience the guilty conscience that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth buzz off as a result of the murders. All of these scenes irrationally make the main characters finally expression th e consequences of their actions. \nThe witches in the play squall to Macbeth that he will be king of Scotland. The Third charm says, All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be might / hereafter! (I. ii. ll, 56-57). This was just a shove to Lady Macbeth to hand the murder of King Duncan so her husband could take the throne. She eventually persuades Macbeth to murder him. Just in the beginninghand he goes to massacre him he becomes afraid and guilty. When he prepares to kill Duncan he starts to hallucinate. \nMacbeth exits a floating dagger with blood on it. This is obviously just his imagery and conscious speaking, but to superstitious Macbeth it meant something. He says, Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! / I overhear thee not, and yet I see thee still. / Art thou not, dark vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but / a dagger of the mind, a monstrous creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? (II. i. ll, 43-48). This is the prototypal symbol of guilt that Macbeth feels. He doesnt...