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Nature out of order is a common misconception of the Shakespearean time period that represents the lack of knowledge and the dependence on things around the characters, which supports why these freak accidents have happened. It occurs often in the play "Macbeth", and the characters frequently rely on these incidents to explain an unusual act. What we have to remember is that the Shakespearean time is a more religious phase, but it was also the period of answers. When something out of order happens in the story, such as the murder of King Duncan, it has to be balanced with another occurrence. When Duncan dies, an old man and ross speculate "'tis unnatural" and they proceed to explain that "Duncan's horses, Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would make War with mankind"(2,4,14-18) I think that this quote was very symbolic because it is very detailed, and each of these details show just how bizarre that event was. They were so "beauteous and swift" that no one could have seen something like that happen. I also think that the word "turned" is very symbolic because it shows how reality must have flipped. He is thinking that nature must have just "turned" into the hands of evil temporarily. It seems that random coincidences were the answer to things that they could not explain themselves. What seems to happen in "Macbeth" is different from that of the" Odyssey" because people cannot tell the future from nature, they can only look back and think of something random that has happened at around the same time, be it a bad storm, or one animal eating the other. This is not however, the same thing as a witches prophecy. While the random coincidental acts are used as a false answer, these predictions seem to have a grain of truth. In "Macbeth" these insights of fate often do come true, but not without the help of the character. The characters clearly have to act toward their life predictions rather than sitting and waiting, whether it is a conscious act or not. Macbeth was the "thane of Glamis"(1,2,48) and quickly becomes "thane of Cawdor"(1,2,49) and he "shalt be king hereafter!"(1,2,50) But he obviously had to work toward this prophecy by killing the king first. This can be proven by the way the order that the witches say it. They first mention his status of "thane of Glamis" which he knows, but then they mention how he is also "Thane of Cawdor" which he is but he doesn’t know yet. He later realizes that the king thinks that he has earned the "Thane of Cawdor" and he starts to take the other prophecy that he "shalt be king hereafter!" seriously. But he realizes that he need to earn that because he had to earn the other two statuses before. But while these prophecies seem to be true, they are often ignored, and not seen until after the an event. This happened on almost every occasion that the witches gave a prophecy, including this one. In conclusion, nature out of order occurs in the book due to the superstitious mindset of all the characters but is not seen until after the scene.