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Macbeth: Superstitions


The tragedy of Macbeth was written by Shakespeare in 1606 and produced
in 1610. Macbeth is the most concentrated of Shakespeare's tragedies. The action
gushes forward with great speed from the beginning to end. The main characters
in the play are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, who are very noble, but their evil
ambition ultimately causes their downfall and death. The play focuses around
evil, greed and the supernatural. The play was written by Shakespeare for the
king at that time, since he was a big believer of witches and the supernatural.
Supernatural is classified as the unnatural or the explainable mysteries of our
universe. In Shakespeare's time many people would relate many of the unusual
happening against the supernatural, since this was the most simplistic of an
answer to give. Elizabethan's have several beliefs in superstitions. Some of
these superstitions include that they believe in witches, ghosts, destiny, and
the foretelling of the future. This......

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