Examples Of Free Choice In Macbeth

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Choosing free choice is why Macbeth and Lady Macbeth died at the very end of the story. One reason why they went to their untimely death is that they tried to go against fate. During the time of Shakespeare they obsuosliy did not believe in fate, and that you had a choice make their own fate. This however just helped with the fate that was already choose for them. The example of this is when Macbeth decides to not heave the warning of Macduff that the witches told him. Before the fight Macbeth said:” I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet and to be baited with the rabble’s curse” (Sc. 8 Act 5 li. 32-34). This decision of not listening of the warning of the witches affected him by getting killed at the end. Another

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