Life is a journey where the ultimate destination is death and while that it seems that individuals are in control of everything else before that moment, they are not. Macbeth is a tragic story where Macbeth was destined to downfall even though he was over confident about the prophecies being in favour of him. While Macbeth thought he was in control he was truly just following the Witches plan. The speaker in the poem “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” experiences a similar situation where his life is dictated by external forces. Both individuals had no control over their own lives, but were controlled by other influences in their surrounding. Life is propelled forward by time, fate and mental capacity, leaving an individual at their mercy which was
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After Macbeth was slain so Malcolm could take back his place, Macduff in his speech said , “The time is free” ( Shakespeare V.VIII.55). Although Macduff is saying they are now free from Macbeth’s tyranny there is also another idea that “the rightful heir, Malcolm, will be crowned monarch, linear time which was disrupted by Macbeth, is back on track, just as lineal succession (also disrupted by Macbeth) is reestablished” ( Shmoop ). This presents the idea that although Macbeth did everything in his power to maintain the throne by killing Banquo and the Macduff family that his position as king would be secure since their lineage would not continue but his efforts were in vain.The monarch line was considered to be chosen by God and Macbeth was lower on the successive line. By killing Duncan he inserted himself to become king, which caused a distribution in the order of things, even though naturally the title would have gone to Malcolm. The way events worked out time was able to change to the state of Scotland from Macbeth’s dark reign to the rightful heir. Although in the poem there was not an unnatural event that changed the order of things, there is still an idea of a chance of change.The speaker in the poem starts his poem with a new beginning by saying, “Twelve o’clock” ( Eliot 1 ). It is a significant time because it is the time of change, as that is when a new day begins. This symbolizes a chance for things to adjust to the way they are suppose to be or it can be a chance of freedom from a dark time. Although time does repeat itself over and over again, there is a chance everyday to undo unnatural things that change the natural order of things. In Macbeth that chance is not given daily which is shown by how long Macbeth was ruler, but time worked to give Malcom his right. Once Macbeth lost
After Macbeth was slain so Malcolm could take back his place, Macduff in his speech said , “The time is free” ( Shakespeare V.VIII.55). Although Macduff is saying they are now free from Macbeth’s tyranny there is also another idea that “the rightful heir, Malcolm, will be crowned monarch, linear time which was disrupted by Macbeth, is back on track, just as lineal succession (also disrupted by Macbeth) is reestablished” ( Shmoop ). This presents the idea that although Macbeth did everything in his power to maintain the throne by killing Banquo and the Macduff family that his position as king would be secure since their lineage would not continue but his efforts were in vain.The monarch line was considered to be chosen by God and Macbeth was lower on the successive line. By killing Duncan he inserted himself to become king, which caused a distribution in the order of things, even though naturally the title would have gone to Malcolm. The way events worked out time was able to change to the state of Scotland from Macbeth’s dark reign to the rightful heir. Although in the poem there was not an unnatural event that changed the order of things, there is still an idea of a chance of change.The speaker in the poem starts his poem with a new beginning by saying, “Twelve o’clock” ( Eliot 1 ). It is a significant time because it is the time of change, as that is when a new day begins. This symbolizes a chance for things to adjust to the way they are suppose to be or it can be a chance of freedom from a dark time. Although time does repeat itself over and over again, there is a chance everyday to undo unnatural things that change the natural order of things. In Macbeth that chance is not given daily which is shown by how long Macbeth was ruler, but time worked to give Malcom his right. Once Macbeth lost