Macbeth is one of the most famous works of literature in history. It's advanced style of writing has  created much controversy over time since we cannot go and ask Shakespeare himself what he meant. All we can do is analyze the story and get a general idea of why things happened in the novel. In the natural world, things happen because they just happen. There is no influence on a natural diaster, murder, or car crash. It just happens. In the Macbeth world, the supernatural plays a huge role on the events occuring story. The supernatural is the exact reason why everything in the story happened the way it happened.

From the very first scene of the play, we are introduced to the supernatural force that molds this whole story together; The 3 Witches. The 3 witches might possibly have one of the smallest roles in the production, yet it is the most vital. You don't see the witches too much, but everytime that you see them, they have a phrocey that is important  with the story later on. They open the first scene with a poem starting with inquiry of when they will meet again. "First Witch: Where the place?. Second Witch: Upon the heath. Third Witch: There to meet with Macbeth." (7) This is only the first thing that they say yet it already influences the direction of storyline. One scene later, sure enough Macbeth runs into the witches with his right hand Banquo. Unaware these are supernatural witches Macbeth starts "Macbeth: Speak if you can. What are you? First Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! Second Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! Third Witch: All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (17) Macbeth had been shocked. Macbeth's original title was Thane of Glamis. How was he to get the other two? This changed Macbeth's life and the way he saw it.

The first meeting between The Witches and Macbeth was epic. Though it startled and shot fear into Macbeth, it alter'd the natural life and thought process within itself. "Macbeth: Stay, you imperfect speakers. Tell me more. By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis. But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives a prosperous gentleman, and to be king stands not with the prospect of belief, no more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence you owe this strange intelligence or why upon this blasted heath you stop our way with such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you. (Witches Vanish)." (21) And there Macbeth's mind had been corrupted! He wanted to know so dearly how this prohecy could be true. Quickly enough,the story shifts to meeting with a gentlemen (Ross) who gives news that the previous Thane of Cawdor needs to be executed because of treasonous behavior, and Macbeth will replace him. This then made him a believer of the witches prophecy and he felt it was a good thing. It changed the motives of a man who reported the tales of the prophecy to his partner later on. She like him also liked the looks of things, and wanted to make to make it happen. And with time came the chance. Duncan, king of Scotland, cousin of Thane of Cawdor, was coming over to enjoy dinner for night to discuss with his Glamis his new position of rank. "Lady Macbeth: And when goes hence? Macbeth: Tomorrow, as he purposes. Lady Macbeth: O, never Shall sun that morrow see! (35)" They were aware of the full potiential of the Witches words, and decided to take advantage.

With Duncan dead, Macbeth was king. Just as it had been prophecized. But now that the deed was done, it was not just done and over. People began to think how this could have happened so fast and who could the suspects be. Paranoia began to run high with the Macbeth's due to guilt of course, and it led to unhelpful acts including deaths of many people including his right hand Banquo. And though the prophecy had come true, the supernatural did not take its hand off what was going on. Macbeth was confused and scared with all the heat around him, and eventually got to talk with the supernatural again. It gave him the assurance that he thought he needed to deal with any thing coming up trying to stop him.
"Second Appartition: Be bloody, bold and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth (125)." With this said, Macbeth could figure that he would be fine. Anything to cross his path would have to be women born. There were three apparition's during his talk with the witches, and the first one warned him to beware of Macduff. Well that thought was whiped away with the news of the second apparition. There would be nothing to fear if it had be born of a women. But as the infamous Marilyn Monroe once said, "everything happens for a reason." Macbeth found out Macduff had been "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb before battle which fit the exception to the second apparition. This led to him losing the final battle, being beheaded in the process.

The supernatural played a huge role in Shakespeare's epic "Macbeth". From the very begginning to the very end, the things that the witches said had an huge impact on what happened next in the story. Without the supernatural influence of the witches prophecy, all characters deceased in the play would have lived; including Macbeth.