Superstitions exist in today's society, just as they did back in the Elizabethan era. A common superstition is that breaking a mirror curses a person with seven years of bad luck. This superstition arose from the belief that a mirror holds pieces of the soul. When someone would die in the old days, one of the things the people would do was cover the mirror with sheets because people believed that the soul of the deceased would be trapped inside and unsettled. Superstitions connect to Macbeth because they are usually associated with the belief in black magic and witchcraft, which was a theme that was revisited in Macbeth. When the witches spoke of the prophecy to Macbeth, he believed he had to fulfill it otherwise he would not recieve the future he had wanted.
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