the ghost next in his mother퉠 room. In this scene the ghost makes an appearance to 퀇het? Hamlet퉠 쿪lmost blunted purpose? Hamlet is now convinced of the ghost and he no longer harbors any suspicion. He now listens to it, 쿞peak to her, Hamlet? In Hamlet, the supernatural is the guiding force behind Hamlet. The ghost ask Hamlet to seek revenge for the King퉠 death and Hamlet is thus propelled to set into action a series of events that ends in Hamlet퉠 death. The supernatural occurs four times during the course of Macbeth. It occurs in all the appearances of the witches, in the appearance of Banquo퉠 ghost, in the apparitions with their prophesies, and in the 쿪ir-drawn?dagger that guides Macbeth towards his victim. Of the supernatural phenomenon evident in Macbeth the witches are perhaps the most important. The witches represent Macbeth퉠 evil ambitions. They are the catalyst which unleash Macbeth퉠 evil aspirations. Macbeth believes the witches and wishes to know more about the future so after the banquet he seeks them out at their cave.He wants to know the answers to his questions regardless of whether the consequence be violent and destructive to nature. The witches promise to answer and at Macbeth퉠 choice they add further unnatural ingredients to the cauldron and call up their masters. This is where the prophetic apparitions appear. The first apparition is Macbeth퉠 own head (later to be cut off by Macduff) confirming his fears of Macduff. The second apparition tells Macbeth that he can not be harmedby no one born of woman. This knowledge gives Macbeth a false sense ofsecurity because he believes that he cannot be harmed, yet Macduff wasnot of woman born, his mother was dead and a corpse when Macduff was born. This leads to Macbeth퉠 downfall. A child with a crown on his head, the third apparition, represents Malcolm, Du...
