There are many types of supernatural phenomena in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Whatever form each phenomenon took, such as a witch or a ghost, they all acted as some sort of catalyst. When Macbeth first met the witches, they told him that he would be king and when Macbeth saw the ghost of his friend Banquo, it sent him into a downward spiral. The supernatural phenomena all influenced Macbeth and his wife to do things they never thought they would do, like killing King Duncan. All of the projected outcomes came to pass, but the eventual outcomes predicted by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did not occur. In the third scene of the first act of Macbeth, Macbeth is introduced with his best friend Banquo. MacBeth was a Scottish nobleman considered a war hero because he routed two armies and killed a rebel leader. In this scene, they met three witches who were talking about all the bad things they had done. For example, the second witch said she killed pigs and, according to Thomas Marc Parrot, "Killed pigs". One of the most common accusations made against alleged witches in Shakespeare's time was that they maliciously killed servants by the plague, or evil eye. animals of those against whom they held grudges. »(Parrot 2). When the witches saw Macbeth and Banquo, they greeted Macbeth; the first witch called him the thane of Glamis, the second the thane of Cawdor and the third the future king while telling Banqou that his children would also become kings. Immediately afterwards, the witches disappeared. Later, two messengers from the king arrived to tell Macbeth that King Duncan had heard so much about him and that he was going to make him the thane of Cawdor because the pre...... middle of paper ... ...e, Lady Macbeth and her husband's ambition got in the way and they began to claw their way to the top. The three prophecies of the apparitions also came true, but not in the way Macbeth interpreted them and, ultimately, he and his wife's ambitions led to their downfall. Lady Macbeth committed suicide because of the guilt caused by her nightmares of washing King Duncan's blood from her clothes and Macbeth met his fate at the hands of Macduff because he was too arrogant. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Salt Lake City, UT: Project Gutenburg, 2010. Web.Shmoop Editorial Team. “Macbeth.” Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., November 11, 2008. Web. February 18, 2014. Crowther, John, ed. “No fear Macbeth.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2005. Internet. February 16, 2014. Parrot, Thomas M. “The Witches Meet Macbeth.” The witches meet Macbeth. Np, and Web. February 17. 2014.