Macbeth Apparition Analysis

Mohamed Nezad

Ms. Dalton

English 10th

12/7/15

Shakespeare’s supernatural vision In the book, Macbeth by Shakespeare, the author uses a variety of supernatural elements, like the apparitions to describe the words in an imaginary illusion. The first apparition is an armed head. The second apparition is a bloody child. And the third apparition is a crowned child with a tree in his hand. The first apparition says, “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough” (Act 4. Scene 1. 72-74). The first apparition warns Macbeth of being aware of Macduff, as he is the Thane of Fife. Shakespeare uses an armed head to make the reader visualize it as who it can be from the book. He wants to encourage the reader to

So, he can just go around telling others that he killed everyone. He can make fun of others, brag, and do almost anything. Shakespeare uses a bloody child to help the reader figure out why the author used this apparition. It’d also make the reader wonder that if not a human, then what will kill Macbeth. The third apparition says, “Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are. Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him” (Act 4. Scene 1. 94-98). The third apparition makes Macbeth feel more secure because the third apparition is saying that the forest will kill Macbeth. The apparition tells him to be proud, and brave like a lion. It tells him not to worry about anything, and his haters. And he thinks the forest cannot do anything to him, so he feels even more secure.. Shakespeare uses a crowned child with a tree in his hand to have the reader wonder why the author would have the apparition hold a tree. Overall, Shakespeare uses the apparitions to encourage the reader to look forward to the book. Supernatural elements like the dagger, Banquo’s ghost, and the apparitions interests the reader so they will read more about