Fate In Macbeth's Jealousy

Throughout Macbeth people pushed others into position that caused distress. This stems from power and jealousy not fate. At almost every point in the story another person made Macbeth’s decisions, and he let that happen. Macbeth allowed people to push him and make choices for him. This does not happen the majority of the time. People take charge of their own lives and then decide where to take life. A person can change his fate as long as he wants to. The first instance of so called fate in Macbeth appears when Macbeth and Banquo speak to the witches. The witches say “All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! / All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! / All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare 430). At this time Macbeth did not know that the King appointed him Thane of Cawdor so he could not believe what the witches said. The unraveling of the play begins at the beginning. Later Macbeth finds out the King named him Thane of Cawdor. This cause unacceptable thoughts to flow through his head, and the witches caused this. If they had not have said anything …show more content…
She creates a plan that Macbeth must go along with. This represents another case of other people controlling Macbeth’s actions. He talks with himself and decides that killing Duncan, the King, will not bode well. He says “ I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on the other” (Shakespeare 440). Macbeth decided not to kill Duncan, but Lady Macbeth has different ideas “What beast was't, then, / That made you break this enterprise to me?” (Shakespeare 441). Lady Macbeth shames him into killing Duncan. Fate did not decide this Lady Macbeth did. She wants more power which creates her demise. If Macbeth stuck to his original thought he would represent the happiest Thane in all of history, but he keeps letting other people rule his