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Supernatural is defined as of or relating to existence outside the natural world. The supernatural plays a very large and important role in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Without the supernatural's presence in the play, it would not be nearly as interesting or appealing to the reader. The supernatural is as an important a character in the play as even the title character himself. In my opinion, the supernatural, including the witches, visions, and the ghost, was as an important and valuable a character to the quality of the plot as Macbeth himself. The three witches, who make their first appearance at the beginning of the play, are the most important and influential aspect of the supernatural in the play. The witches act as a psychic to Macbeth and predict prophecies that will come to him later in the play. The witches also serve to foreshadow events that will take place further into the play and give the reader an id