Some people are convinced that each person's life is pre-determined by an outside force such as fate which has already decided every event in that person's life such as the time of death, but others are antithetical and may argue that a person's life is determined by each individual choice the person makes. Some people take the in-between route and believe that lives are sketched out, but can be slightly altered with each choice. William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a tragic play that details the rise and fall of King Macbeth of a once placid Scotland, and the momentum for the play's dark progression, along with the source of Macbeth's status as a tragic figure, is an encounter between Macbeth and three witches which leads to his rise to the throne, his intrinsic descent into tyranny, and his ultimate demise. Some may consider the fulfillment of these witches" captious predictions as a clear sign that Macbeth's path is a fated one, destined to happen, but instead, the witches" manipulations of Macbeth, his own self-doubt, and his mordant conflicting thoughts of ambition all leads to proof that it is Macbeth's exorbitant free will, not fate, that determined the course of the play.
While some may consider the witches" prognosis of Macbeth's future as a sign of his predestined fate, the witches themselves cannot be relied upon as accurate sources. Instead, they make reasonable innocuous assumptions as to the natural course of politics and utilize their limited abilities to ensure that their predictions do occur, such as when the witches hail limpid Macbeth as the Thane of Cawdor. The witches were near the battlefield when they spoke to Macbeth, and they could have easily heard a rumor about Macbeth becoming the Thane of Cawdor. They could have even simply been virtuosos of the trends of politics and the reactions of politicians. When the women noticed the effect that they had on Macbeth, they could have just played him for his obvious ignorance, and they might have even had no idea that any of the events would happen.
In Macbeth, the witches prophecies seem to negate Macbeth's free will. ... The witches prophesies that Macbeth will be thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. ... So Macbeth hires men to murder both Banquo and Fleance. ... So now Macbeth has the murderers go to Macduff's house. ... Many people died because Macbeth chose evil over good. ...
In Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, there is a question as to whether or not Macbeth is driven by fate or free will. The three weird sisters approach Macbeth with prophecies that will all come true in the end. ... Macbeth journeys to his murderous doom through his own free choice. ... The witches make three predictions; Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor, he will become King, and Banquo's sons will become king but not Banquo. ... Macbeth's downward spiral of events was created through his own free will. ...
The Downfall of Macbeth: Fate Versus Free Will Though fate may play a part in our lives, we have choices to make and we must accept responsibility for these choices, as well as the consequences. ... Macbeth, a famous play by William Shakespeare, is a classic example of fate versus free will as the character, Macbeth, undergoes a moral decline and eventual demise. ... The third thing the witches tell Macbeth, that he will become King of Scotland, does come true. ... Of course, Macbeth only killed the King's grooms to free himself from suspicion and to bring him one step closer to becoming...
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth's life was based on his free will. ... Therefore, these three characteristics Macbeth exhibits in the play show that his life was based on his free will. ... A second characteristic of Macbeth that demonstrates his free will is fear. ... A final quality of Macbeth that shows that his life was based on free will was his guilt. ... Overall, in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth clearly demonstrates that his life was of free will. ...
In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Macbeth is no pawn of fate. Although Macbeth was destined to become king, the path he chose to take to achieve his aspiration of obtaining the throne was of his own free will. ... He's here in double trust: first as I his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself (39)...We will proceed no further in this business"(41). ... All Macbeth's actions were choices to attain his destiny, but they were nonetheless choices of his own f...
After reading the play Macbeth it's clear that Macbeth is a tragic hero, a person of high rank who is brought to eventual ruin by a flaw in his character. ... Macbeth could not wait for an appointment to a position of more power. ... His impatience led Macbeth to listen to his wife, the witches, and his darker side. ... Macbeth's last words are those of a good man who faces his own problems. ... This makes MacBeth wonder about the next, and he ends up acting on his free will to make it come true. ...
Macbeth has a free will to choose to do what he wants but he frequently chooses to do what others want or predict of him. ... At this point it seems that Macbeth feels it is destiny for him to be king but it soon changes to his free will. ... This is when he switches from destiny to free will. ... She tells Macbeth that they will kill Duncan during his sleep. ... Macbeth has a strong intuition to kill, and nothing will stop him. ...
Macbeth's Ambition and Greed Lead Him to Become Evil Shakespeare's play Macbeth has three main points: appearances do not always accurately reflect reality, ambition and desire can lead to evil acts, and free will, not always destiny, influences the occurrence of events. ... (Act I, Scene V, Line 60) Macbeth's third theme is that it is free will, not fate alone, influences destiny and our actions. ... The three witches tell Macbeth that he will become Thane of Cawdor, that he will become king, and that Banquo will not be king but his sons will. ... Even though the wit...
Fate or free will? ... When these supernatural forces are gone, Duncan bids Angus and Ross to greet Macbeth as "Thane of Cawdor," leading to his assumption that the three witches' prophecy of becoming King of Scotland will come true. ... However, when King Duncan announces that his son Malcolm will be his successor, Macbeth allows his devilish wife and greed to consume him, driving him to commit a self-fulfilling prophecy and rid of his loving king. ... In the end, it does not matter whether or not Macbeth's actions were as a result of fate or free will. ... Shakespeare so...
