Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor!
Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter!
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5. Lady Macbeth’s first words to Macbeth on his return from bloody battle are not, as one might expect from a wife, words of endearment. Instead they are how the Witches addressed him. Lady Macbeth greets her husband by his titles. She is less interested in the fact that he has returned home safely and more in her own quest for power through his advancement. The link between Lady Macbeth and the Witches illustrates the theme of the supernatural in this passage.