Who Is Free Will In Macbeth

They enter the castle in scene seven and Macduff seeks out Macbeth, ignoring all other beings there. "Let me find him, Fortune! And more I beg not" (5.7). They finally meet and Macbeth tells him to leave, as he already has so much of his blood. Macduff says that he has no words for him and that he will let his sword be his voice. Macduff then tells Macbeth that his prophecy does not protect from him, as he had to be removed from his mother by C-section and thusly is not “Woman-born”. He then fights Macbeth to the death. He reappears in scene nine with Macbeth’s head and announces that Malcolm is now the king of Scotland.

In Shakespeare’s 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. It would appear that Macbeth is just following destiny at first. However, Macbeth always had a choice throughout the play to choose his own fate. Macbeth journeyed to his murderous doom through his own free choice.

In many stories fate is said to determine the paths that people lead in their lives. However, even though some events can seem like fate to the people experiencing them, these people always made their own decisions that led to them. Although some of the events in the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare may lead readers to believe that fate determined many of Macbeth’s actions, the truth is that Macbeth made all of the decisions in the story through his own free will.

         Towards the end of the play, once Macbeth’s wife has died and the battle is drawing closer, Macbeth shows the desire for some good that may have been.  He wishes for a normal life in which he would have lived to an honorable age, but he recognizes that he has deprived himself of this.   Even when Macbeth hears that the prophecy of Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane has been fulfilled, he rejects this idea and fights on until he realizes that Macduff wasn’t born in a natural birth but instead was "untimely ripped"(V.viii.19-20) from his mother’s womb.  When Macbeth hears of this, he realizes what dastardly deeds he has done and how he has underestimated the power of the witches. He fights on, knowing it is only a matter of time before he is slain.

Throughout the story of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth acts in a much despised manner: he becomes a murderer and later, when king of Scotland, a tyrant. Many who have read or seen the play are left wondering how a man’s whole approach to life can change; how Macbeth turned from the hero whom all adored, to the tyrant who was hated and ended up a lone man, fighting for his life.

A character’s tragic downfall is often influenced by other characters, but this is not the case in Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. Macbeth conforms to the conditions of a tragic hero because in the beginning of the play, Macbeth is an honourable and trustworthy nobleman to King Duncan and all of Scotland. However, throughout the play, Macbeth commits evil deeds such betrayal, treason, and murder solely because of his ambitions to remain in power. Macbeth murders others upon hearing the witches’ prophecies and even proceeds to return to them to remain in power. Macbeth is influenced and manipulated by his wife Lady Macbeth and The Witches, but he is ultimately responsible for his own tragic downfall. Macbeth’s tragic downfall is caused by his ‘vaulting ambition’ to become king. Thus, Macbeth has no one but his ruthless, cruel, and greedy self to blame for his own tragic downfall.

Throughout the play “Macbeth” Shakespeare uses multiple examples of strong diction, paradox, metaphors, and imagery to demonstrate the theme that fate is inevitable. These examples also help emphasize that the witches are in control of Macbeth's severe and hostile actions throughout the tragic play. Without the witches prophecies the idea of murder would have never crossed Macbeth’s mind. After the witches informed Macbeth that he would soon become king he was willed to do anything to make sure this bizarre prophecy would come true.

He falls pathetically in cowardice when faced with a real man, who he knows he is no match against, but also exclaims that he is feeling fired up and ready to take on MacDuff. Perhaps this is true for an individual like Macbeth who is so pathetic and confused. He has no consciousness of himself as he squanders his

The ideas about fate versus free will are constantly debated throughout Macbeth. The main reason behind Macbeth’s actions is the idea of fate that caused Macbeth to use his own free will. Shakespeare is the puppet master with the character Macbeth by dangling fate in front of him, but at the same time, it is Macbeth’s own desire and intellectual views that lead him to suffer his foreshadowed fate. Macbeth had his fate going one way, but through his own free will he was able to take a different turn.

Now, many can argue that Macbeth is to be pitied because of the hand fate deals him, but there are other facets of his situation to be considered.  For instance, does Macbeth actually have a choice over what he will do or become?  To many the answer might be "No," but in reality, as we all must know from everyday life, the answer is "Yes.”  Macbeth, and any human being for that matter, does have limited control over the outcome of his or her life based on decisions he or she makes at certain critical times in life.  These critical times are momentous occasions; for Macbeth, deciding whether or not to kill Duncan was one of these moments.  Other decisions humans make do not seem to have as much impact as the major ones; for instance, whether to be black or red in a game of checkers is not likely to have any impact on whether you die of old age or a decapitation.  However, these decisions, as every action does, affect something.  These small decisions can lead one slightly off of one path and eventually onto another

In the Elizabethan Era, society was highly suspicious of the power of supernatural forces and it was commonly accepted that one’s life was governed by fate and was predetermined. Shakespeare’s Macbeth challenges the Elizabethan ideology of fate by privileging that although Macbeth was a victim of his “vaulting ambition” (1:VII 27), he was ultimately responsible for his villainous actions. Shakespeare has foregounded certain events to privilege that a person has free will and a concience and the cosequences of going against one's conscience, thus challenging the assumption of the Elizabethan Era. The audience is invited to sympathise with the protagonist, Macbeth, and see him as a tragic hero. Before his descent into evil, Macbeth

He waited until he knew it was time to fight he was ready to battle. Armor and sword in hand, he would fight to the end. As Macbeth and Macduff were fighting Macbeth remembered the prophecy and that no man can hurt him. Macduff then explains that he was “ripped” from his mother, which did not make him born of women. (Act 5 Scene 8, Lines 15-16) “Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripp'd.”

When Macduff enters, he is fuming! He wants to murder Macbeth with his own sword, because his wife and child would haunt him if he didn’t. When Macbeth and Macduff meet face to face, Macbeth states that he isn’t going to die un-brave – and Macduff calls him a hell hound, followed by more arguing. Once they begin fighting, Macbeth is still arguing and behaving in a cocky attitude – he tells Macduff that he’ll never win, because no one woman born can kill Macbeth. As it turns out, Macduff was born from a cesarean section, which means that he can, indeed, murder Macbeth! As a result, Macbeth was killed.

Outline Thesis: One must view the play as a vision that a person's fortune can be changed by events and choices. I. Introduction II. The witches foretold Macbeth's fortune to be king (Act1, Scene iii, L50) A. Choice - Macbeth decided to kill the king ( Act 2, Scene ii, L33-65) B. Event - Lady Macbeth persuaded Macbeth ( Act1, Scene vii, L35-46) III. Macbeth became the king (Act iii, Scene I, L20-30)

Macbeth’s good nature is increasingly defeated by one of his major flaws-ambition. His ambition and desire to become king leads