‘Tis said, they eat each other.
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 4. According to the Old Man, the horses in the murdered King Duncan’s stable are said to be cannibalizing each other. He and nobleman Ross are discussing the monstrous and strange occurrences in nature in reaction to the monstrous crime of regicide. The unnatural happenings are reflective of the supernatural theme in Macbeth.