Macbeth: Death and the supernatural In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, many characters evolve and many disappear into the background. The main character, Macbeth, travels into total chaos when he proclaims himself monarch. When he first meets the witches of the supernatural, they tell him about the future. One of the themes amplified throughout the work is the circle of life, from beginning to end. The visions provided by the three witches begin Macbeth's quest for dominion. The three main effects of this theme are: The death of Macbeth's friends and family. Second, the death of his mortal enemies. The last point is the death of oneself. The supernatural amplifies the theme of death. From the witches' first brief encounter, to Macbeth's final nightmarish visions, many close friends and relatives have died as a result of his visions of the supernatural. The death of his wife in Act V, Scene IV is the death that sends him over the abyss and into mental instability. Lady Macbeth is like a joined appendix to Macbeth. They work as one, they communicate as one, and when that appendage is lost, MACBETH's grip on reality is also lost. Lady Macbeth was the only person he could truly confide in. The supernatural also had another key factor in his death. In the first act of the play, he calls upon supernatural powers to become strong. The following quote: "Come, ye spirits who entertain mortal thoughts, undress me here and fill me from head to toe, to the brim of the most atrocious cruelty! Thicken my blood, close the access and passage to remorse... Come to my woman's breast, and take my milk as gall...", is perhaps the most important passage that leads to Lady Macbeth's death. She calls on evil spirits to "not sexualize her" and replace her "milk" with "gall." It seems like he wants to be the cruelest being in the world. The theme of the cycle of life is amplified in this situation due to its demand on the spirits. This event marks the beginning of the end of Lady Macbeth's life. She is the one who insists that Macbeth kill the king and reign as king of Scotland. It is her ideas and plans that lead her and Macbeth to the pits of hell. However, it is not the only one responsible for this catastrophe.