Free Will In Macbeth

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The three witches told Macbeth his fate. The events in Macbeth’s life occur because of the choice he made but also the witches prophesy and making him believe that he was all powerful. Throughout the play we can notice a downfall for Macbeth which is known as a turning for him as a character and a king. Due to the witches prophecy of witches telling him he was going to be king but also, free-will and him wanting more and killing people to gain the throne which causes the events of time to crumble. As we began to unfold Macbeth we begin to realize that Macbeth suffers throughout the play because of the decisions he has made. For that reason Macbeth fate was predetermine however, he chose to deal with them differently which changed Macbeth’s …show more content…

In the same manner in the play Macbeth seems to rely on dark to hide his desire revolving on light vs dark. We can see this when Macbeth tells light to come “ scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day and with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me pale” having an effect on free-will to take its course. In spite of the facts Macbeth began to fall in free-will because the witches and Lady Macbeth may have had an influence on him because in the play we can gather an understanding that before the witches told Macbeth his Prophecy lady macbeth had explain that he was innocent as a flower and he had control of him because he was afraid to hurt anything or anyone in that matters. But throughout Macbeth there is a turning point because the vision of him being to kind to hurt someone causing an outburst and the audience can see who he truly is and what he is capable of doing. Therefore, Macbeth falling to Free-will because he goes against his predetermined fate prophesied by the witches and kills Duncan at his own free-will due to his desire for power which ends up as an important event in the play that is a turning point on Macbeth as a

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