Comparing Macbeth And Chris Mccandless

The question of “How much of what happens in our lives do we actually control?” is present throughout the play Macbeth, which was written by William Shakespeare, and the story of Chris McCandless, which is a story called Into the Wild. Both of these stories demonstrate this theme through the choices both of the main characters make in their lives, Macbeth was told his prophecy by the witches, which set him on his path towards the destiny that he formed through the choices he made. In the case of Chris McCandless, he chose to live a very minimal life, which to led the camping trip that caused his death. The choices that these two people made answers the question of “How much in our lives do we actually control?”, by giving examples of actions …show more content…
In Act 1, he and his wife, Lady Macbeth, have a conversation about the actions that they must complete in order for him to become the King. After their conversation, Macbeth tells his wife “I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.”. In modern english, this quote is Macbeth telling his wife that he will use every muscle in his body to accomplish the actions needed for their plan to be successful. In Act 2 Scene 1, Macbeth begins to think about whether he wants to go through with his plan to get rid Duncan by killing him. At the end of the conversation that he had with himself Macbeth spoke “Whiles I threat, he lives. Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.”, which in modern english means that the longer that he talks to himself, the weaker his courage becomes, so he decides to murder Duncan before he does not want to finish his plans any longer. This quote is showing Macbeth finally deciding to proceed with his plan, which is revealing his free …show more content…
However, he declined the offer given to him, which is shown when the article wrote ‘He was offered membership in Phi Beta Kappa but declined, insisting that titles and honors are irrelevant.”. This shows that he purposely chose to decline the offer given to him, changing his fate himself. Another way Chris that making his own choices to shape his destiny is when he chooses to give away the money that his parents gave him that was intended for him to pay for law school, which he never went to. The excerpt described this as “...he would shortly donate all the money in his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger.”. Both of these actions demonstrated by Chris Mccandless show him making the decisions in his life to form his own