The Supernatural in Macbeth

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Supernatural

,

(b) Natural

• The Vision of the Dagger

• Macbeth's Ambition

• The Apparitions

• Lady Macbeth's Desire to be More Masculine

• A Son Replacing His Father as King

• Spells

• The Witches

• The Castle

What is a 'catalyst'?

• Something that causes a response or reaction.

• Something that keeps things the same.

• Something that simplifies an event.

• Something that characters do to each other.

The Witches cause Macbeth to become more​ (a)   and lead him to make decisions that result in much chaos and suffering within the play.

• ambitious
• wasteful
• harmful
• angry
• happy

Another word for 'spiralling out of control' or becoming 'unstable' could be:

• stabler

• less stable

• chaotic

• average

If Macbeth never met the Witches, he...

• would have been less ambitious and would not have killed King Duncan.

• was ultimately ambitious anyway and would have still ended up doing bad things to become a king.