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Destiny, “Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice, it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” (William Jennings Bryan). Macbeth is a victim of his own desire. The witches played with Macbeth’s mind. They can predict, and they can suggest, but they do not necessarily control or tell Macbeth what to do. Free will is the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate. Lady Macbeth urges Macbeth, against his will, to take out any and every obstacle that is in his way so that he can fulfill the prophecy from the witches. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s actions go from being a brave, heroic man to being an evil, cowardice man. As he made each choice, he slowly began to realize that he was digging himself deeper, creating more problems.
During the play, the witches are referred to as the “weird sisters.” Macbeth was influenced by what the witches’ told him about his future. The things the witches told Macbeth led him to become obsessed with power. It led him to literally losing his mind. His conscious was right on his shoulders.
Lady Macbeth had Macbeth wrapped around her finger. At the begging of the play, Macbeth would have been considered a brave, heroic man, but Lady Macbeth turned him into an evil, coward man. She had him “brainwashed” to carry out of the evil deeds so she would not have it on her hands. Lady Macbeth did not want to wait to be queen so she sped up the process. She thought if she could talk Macbeth down and making him feel bad about himself or less of a man, it would work, and it did. Free will come in to play when they start murdering people to get things done quicker. For instance, the first murder was King Duncan. Lady Macbeth was more at fault for this one, but Macbeth is still the one who actually stabbed Duncan while he was sleeping. To go even farther, he killed the two chamberlains to cover himself up. Making that choice leads up to the play being free will instead of fate.
Macbeth became obsessed with his power, which led him to kill more innocent people. For example, the second person Macbeth killed was his best friend Banquo. The witches told him that he would become king, but his family would not carry out through generations. They told Banquo that he personally would not become king, but his sons would one day. He let the strong, powerful strength of “free will” get in the way of his daily life. This comes to show that Macbeth was so selfish and greedy that he would go to the extent of killing his best friend. The third person, of the six killed, during the play, was MacDuff’s wife and son. Once again, he murders these innocent people all to further his reign of King.
Macbeth would have been considered a nobleman at the beginning of the play, but as the play moves on, Macbeth there is a contrast in Macbeth’s character. He makes more decisions more readily and hastily, and more importantly, on his own. Along the way, he betrayed his allegiance to the king, his family and friends all for his own grain. Therefore, we learn from Macbeth that ambition is a double-edged sword, it motivates you to do your best and strive to your goal, but at the same time can allow you to lose sight of what life is all about.
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