How a Modern Audience Would Perceive the Supernatural Characters in the Play Macbeth

Misinterpreted
In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses characters who exhibit supernatural powers. These witches add mystery and uncertainty to the lives of other characters. The witches also determine how the play evolves by using their spells, charms, and prophecies to meddle in Macbeth's life. In the Shakespearean era, figures of the supernatural and the mystical were feared or awed, but modern society views these forces in a different light.
At the very beginning, Act 1/ Scene 1, the witches appear, accompanied with the background of thunder and lightning. The atmosphere is intended to be threatening and intimidating; however, modern society wouldn't be fazed by these needlessly dramatic effects. …