Macbeth's next vision is that of Banquo's ghost. He sees this vision after he has gained kingship of Scotland and just after he had murderers kill Banquo. In his vision Banquo walks into the palace and sits in Macbeth's seat at the banquet table. Macbeth becomes very disturbed and Lady Macbeth has to end the feast early to save the image of Macbeth and prevent people from thinking he is too unstable. This vision shows that Macbeth does in fact have a conscious and does feel guilty about the murders even though he does not stop committing them.

Macbeth's next vision occurs when he is with the three witches and he asks them to show him his fate. His next vision really consists of four visions in one. The first vision with the witches was that of an armed head that warned Macbeth of MacDuff. Macbeth took this warning very lightly because he already knew he needed to be wary of Macduff. The next vision was that of a bloody boy that told him that he could not be harmed of any man that is woman born.

Macbeth became very confident in this and then felt very safe; however, just to cut loose ends he still decided to kill Macduff. The third vision was that of a crowned boy with a tree that told Macbeth that his reign of power will only end when the forest reaches the castle. With this Macbeth felt completely safe because he believed no force on Earth could move the forest. The final vision merely confirmed Macbeth's long fear of Banquo's sons taking power after Macbeth is gone.

All of these vision show how Macbeth was very insecure and power hungry. He saw the knife and told himself it was to help him to sinfully get the kingship of Scotland. Then he felt guilt over killing Banquo and saw his ghost during a banquet with his lords. The last visions confirm Macbeth's insecurity as he went to the witches to learn of his final fate. Then he twisted the visions from the witches to make him think his name would last for ages.

The main difference between Beowulf and Superman is that Superman hides his identity and does not boast about his accomplishments while Beowulf will retell his heroic deeds at every chance he gets. There are also differences between the two at different stages of Beowulf's life; such as, at the beginning of Beowulf's life, he was very confident in himself and believed he could accomplish everything; though, he did manage to accomplish anything he decided to do. On the other hand, Superman did not taunt his enemies and would use all he had in all of his fights.

However, through all the differences, there are similarities between Beowulf and Superman. They both come to the rescue of those in need. Both Beowulf and Superman have super-human abilities, such as super-strength. Both of them were just with their powers and did not abuse them. Finally, neither of them married.

In these ways Beowulf and Superman are similar and different. The differences can mainly be attributed to the time periods they lived in. The similarities are attributed to the main idea of a super-hero that has been preserved through centuries of cultures and over miles of ocean.