We are usually held accountable for the actions that we decide to take. Several times we are influenced to make those decisions which, usually are influenced by someone else. The outcomes of these actions might turn out positive or against us and destruct us entirely. Macbeth takes many decisions over the course of the book. Some might define them as good and many might see them as atrocious. The Thane of Glamis(Macbeth) encounters the three witches one day; they informed Macbeth that he will have an exceptional future, a future where he can be king. Macbeth’s greed and ambition strike him and take over as soon as he hears present king; King Duncan is granting the throne to Malcolm, his son. Not knowing how else to proceed, he sends a letter to his passionate wife about his encounter with the witches. Lady Macbeth- the very determined character that she is, manipulates Macbeth into taking the throne of king by killing all who comes in the middle.…
Brutus did just that in Act one Scene two with managing impulsivity ,where all the other conspirators are trying to bring too many aspect of killing Caesar into the equation. For example when Cassius suggest they kill Antony also, Brutus looks into reason and sees it would make their plan too bloody! In history, Thomas Jefferson’s profession as the 3rd president of the U.S.A enforced that he would have to take his time when making decisions to ensure that all outcomes are how he wanted them to turn out. Undoubtedly, every person can go out and do but for one to be able to think before doing shows they are gifted and…
The three witches are the catalyst of the play and they promote the theme-Fate and Free will, they set up the dark mysterious tone in the play. First of all, the witches accurately predict significant events in Macbeth’s life: they hail Macbeth as three things: Thane of Glamis, thane of Cowdor and “king hereafter”(pg 18), which represent past, present, and future. Macbeth is already the thane of Glamis and Duncan is sending Ross and Angus to make him Thane of Cowdor at that time. In this way, the three witches have established themselves as the struggle between nature and super nature, how can three strangers know you better than yourself? So When Macbeth becomes the Thane of Cowdor, he begins to believe in the prophecy and that’s…
Macbeth is influenced by the witches through their prophecy, and Lady Macbeth through her knowledge of their relationship and her cunning, however Macbeth is responsible for making the decision. Making this decision, Macbeth and the process he went through gives a glimpse into what it’s like make a decision that goes against human nature as a whole. It reveals how many take part in the decision making process, and try to sway the decision maker’s verdict. The decision maker decides and has to live with the verdict and it’s possible repercussions.…
Shakespeare shows that free choice rather than fate is responsible for the downfall of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth had many instances that he could have stopped creating destruction in the lives of both himself and the other people in his life. Coincidentally, if he had chosen not to kill so many people, he himself would not have been killed. Macbeth decides to let Lady Macbeth pressure him into killing the King. This was the first instance of free will. Had he chosen not to kill him, he would not have turned into such a cold-blooded killer. All of deaths that occur because Macbeth is trying to climb to the top can all be summed up into free choice. He chose to kill the king, so now why couldn’t he keep killing? It is not like it…
Decision making is part of everyday life, these choices one decides on lead towards the fate of an individual. Since death is inevitable, the fate that one chooses is the only thing others can learn from. Therefore, making moral decisions is important because it is the only thing others remember of an individual. In William Shakespeare “Macbeth”, many factors and characters influence the main character in making decisions. Despite such influences he is responsible for his fates’ outcome due to the fact, that he controls his own destiny by the choices he wants to make with no one forcing him to choose those decisions. Although, Macbeth’s choices are drastically impacted by the witches’ through their prophecies, Lady Macbeth controlling tendencies…
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir. ”(1.2.16-20) So says Macbeth in William Shakespears play by the same name. This quote encompasses a major theme of William Shakespears play, fate versus free will. The purpose of this essay is to prove that free will does trump fate in Shakespears Macbeth.…
Bigger Thomas is the main character of Native Son by Richard Wright, and Macbeth is the main character of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Both Bigger and Macbeth follow the same path, they commit sin, yet Macbeth proves to be more malicious than Bigger. The factors that contrast their malice are their motivations and their reasons to commit these crimes. Ambition, thirst for power, and his wife motivate Macbeth. Bigger, however, simply strives to find a sense of security in a world where he is constantly discriminated. The way other characters treat them also gives one insight on how malicious or evil the character is. As all factors point, Macbeth is much more evil than Bigger.…
Free will is seen much more frequently than fate. Fate is just much more obvious. Just like how the witches are guides for fate, Macbeth himself is actually a guide for free will. For example, Macbeth made the decision to kill the king. He was obviously persuaded by the promise of royalty but that decision was still all his own.…
The witches could foretell the future, they can add temptation, and influence Macbeth, but they could not control his destiny. Macbeth created his own misery when he kills people. This causes him to become insecure, because of the reasons for his actions, which in turn causes him to commit more murders. The witches give great enticement, but in the end, it's Macbeth's decision to fall for the temptation. The three Witches are only responsible for introducing the ideas to Macbeth, and putting the ideas in his head, but they are not responsible for his actions throughout the play. However it's more realistic to believe that Lady Macbeth, Macbeth's ambition, and his own responsibilities ended it for him, not the witches. Lady Macbeth is shown early as an ambitious woman who can manipulate Macbeth easily. This is shown in the line That I may pour my spirits in thine ear(I,V,26). She is selfless, and wants what is best for her husband. Before the speech that Lady Macbeth gives in act one scene five, Macbeth does not want to go through with the killing of the king. She manipulates Macbeth's self-esteem by playing on his manliness and his bravery. Macbeth has the final say in whether or not to go through with the killing, but he loves Lady Macbeth and wants to make her happy. Lady Macbeth is the dominating individual in the relationship. It seems that she can convince him to do anything as long as she pushes the right buttons. Macbeth's ambition is present before the witch's prophesies. He would never have thought seriously about killing Duncan without the witches. But the combination of his ambitious and the witch's prophecies leads him to kill the king. Lady Macbeth even says,Thou wouldst be great/ Art not without ambition.(I,V,80-81). Macbeth also says, his besetting sin: I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition. Macbeth's ambition is shown while he waits to have a succession of kings after him. Macbeth has a lot of ambition in him…
Persuasion is a powerful and threatening tool against those who are weak. It can sway one's decisions between good and evil, concealing judgment and jading the conscience. It plays the critical role of a spectral villain, an invisible danger to the protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Macbeth is a victim of persuasion of others, making him ultimately not responsible for his actions. Macbeth's own partner Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to commit murder and fulfill his ambition. The three witches and their Queen influence Macbeth's decisions through the use of predictions as well as the supernatural. Lastly, the three apparitions conjured by the witches play a very crucial role in establishing Macbeth's fate through their deceptively uplifting prophecies.…
Fated events are like immovable points on a graph. On the other hand, there are many functions that can intersect the point, yet fate does not predetermine which function is graphed, that is chosen by the free will of a person. In the Jacobean tragedy, Macbeth, by Shakespeare, Macbeth is given his fate by a group of duplicitous witches. Macbeth is informed he would become king, but Macbeth’s irresistable want for the crown, and the influences of his wife is the beginning of Macbeth’s path of blood. Even with free will Macbeth loses control when emotions and influences control his decisions.…
When people confront a tragic event they’ve committed, they often brush off the blame onto others. In the tragedy Macbeth, William Shakespeare explores the effect of the supernatural influencing free will. When the witches’ introduce the prophecy of becoming king to Macbeth, he infers the prospect of murdering King Duncan is the only method of fulfilling the premonition. However, Macbeth is unable to accept the atrocity of the crime he’s committed and blames fate for his actions. Macbeth’s free will is emphasized and influenced through the witches’ prophecy, the supernatural becomes an excuse for his actions making him unprepared when he finally confronts his guilt.…
The play Macbeth is a tragedy, written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth wanted to become king so bad, that he did not care what he did in order to get what he wanted. He never thought about what he was going to do, he just did it. Throughout the story, Macbeth developed 4 main themes: ambition, free will, fate, and power. Throughout the story, Macbeth could relate to these themes because of his decisions and actions he portrayed throughout the play: ambition for becoming king, free will for being independent on his thoughts, fate for making the witches’ prophecies become true, and the power of having everything under control. He portrayed all of these themes just so that he could get all the things he wanted.…
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the protagonist murders his friends and sets the entire kingdom into disarray after three witches profess that he will one day be king. His intentions started off innocently enough but soon he becomes mad with paranoia and greed; these will be the motivators that drive Macbeth to his doom. The question in Macbeth is whether he was acting out of his own free will, or if it was all part of his Fate. This dilemma is similar to one of the most important parts of John Milton’s Paradise Lost where it is clearly stated that Satan has no free will and his acting on behalf of the Fate that God has created for him in order to fulfill his greater plan. These heroes share a lot in common, by which I mean none that…