... So, the fairies are ambivalent creatures: they can be seen as actual beings or as allegories. Whether or not the fairies are allegories or actual beings, either way, they influence the lives of the humans. In Macbeth and Hamlet the supernatural world also affects the human world. Macbeth's foul crimes are inspired, or perhaps even caused, by his encounter with the witches, and the supposed ghost of Hamlet's father urges the prince ... relates to Elizabethan beliefs about fairies. In the early sixteenth century fairies were seen as evil spirits who plagued men and although in the Elizabeth...

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