The document summarizes Shakespeare's use of supernatural elements in his famous tragedies like Macbeth and Hamlet. It discusses how the Elizabethan era was highly superstitious and believed in supernatural creatures. It provides examples of the supernatural elements in Macbeth like the witches, Banquo's ghost, and prophetic apparitions that advanced the plot. For Hamlet, it discusses how the ghost of Hamlet's father created suspense and motivated the story's events. In conclusion, the supernatural elements increased the plot development and influenced characters' behaviors in the plays.

1. Supernatural Elements in
Shakespearian Tragedy
Prepared by:- Agravat Sneha
Batch(2020-22)MA sem-1
Paper-1 Literature of Elizabethan and Restoration periods
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Submitted to:- S .B.Gardi Department Of English Maharaja Krushnkumar
sinhji Bhavangar University

2. William Shakespeare
'William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwriter
and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in
English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.
He is often called England’s national Poet and the “Bard
of Avan”.
Born:- 26 April 1564
Died:-23 April 1616
Work:- 39 plays
154 sonnets
2 long narrative Poems

3. Supernatural Elements In Shakespearian Tragedy
The supernatural elements that are apperant in most of
Shakespeare’s plays, significantly in Macbeth and Hamlet,
which we are going to elaborate further, have their roots in the
Elizabethan era and their beliefs in supernatural creatures like
witches and ghost and fairies.
In Shakespeare’s day people were extremely Superstitious.
His famous tragedies:-
1. Othello
2. julius Caeser
3. King Lear
4. Macbeth

4. • Important role in play as crucial plot
• He often used ghosts, witches, floating daggers and prophetic
apparitions throughout his plays.
• Audiences believed that supernatural elements such as witches
and curses were real.
• It helps advance the plot
• The supernatural elements plays vital role in Macbeth and
Hamlet.
• The supernatural elements appears to the audience in any forms.
• In Hamlet it appears in supernatural form of the ghost.
• It is an integral part of the structure of the plot.

6. Supernatural Elements In Macbeth
• In Macbeth not only ghost appear but we also find floating daggers and
prophetic apparitions throughout his plays.
• We can say that there are five important events showing the
supernatural elements in Macbeth.
• which are the witches, the ghost of Banquo, the air-drawn dagger and
the apparitions.
• Darkness represents evil, the dagger represents blood and murder, the
owl eating the falcon represents disorder in society and Duncan’s horses
going mad and eating each other represents upset in nature.
• The witches represents Macbeth’s evil Ambitions.

7. Supernatural Elements In Hamlet
• In Hamlet, the supernatural appears in the form of the Ghost.
• The Ghost in Hamlet has at least three-fold dramatic significance.
It contributes to the tragic atmosphere of the play, motivates the
entire action of the play and finally it shows up the characters and
derives home a certain moral effect.
• Hamlet father’s creates dramatic suspense and aura of doubt
around the value with which associated.

8. Conclusion
• In sum up we can say that Supernatural elements Increase the Plot
of story devlopment and character’s behaviour.
• Personages are likely to believe witches and ghost speeches.
• Shakespeare did everything in order to make people believed
them and be captured by possibilities of their manifestation in
real life.

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