Jeremiah Phillips Mrs, Asia English 2 19 May 2023 Fate Vs. Free will in Macbeth The debate between fate and free will has been ongoing for centuries In Macbeth by William Shakespeare the protagonist Macbeth encounter withes while returning from battle on the heath. This is when he encounters withes who relay his fate, and uncovered that he is destined to become king. Macbeth after apprehending what the withes told to him began to pursue to become king by any means. In modern society, free-will is how you live in the present and the decisions you make in the present throughout your life. Your Fate could be interpreted as your decisions of free-will in the present influencing your future in a specific way no matter how big or small the impact. …show more content…
When The witches declare that "Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air" (Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 10-11) is one of the significant quotes that supports the claim. It implies that the universe is in a condition of confusion where good and evil are indistinguishable and that the natural order of things has been upset. The witches' prognostications about Macbeth's destiny, which he subsequently perceives as opportunities to act on his wants rather than as predestined fate, serve to further emphasize the ambiguity of fate. Despite Macbeth's early reluctance to carry out the witches' predictions, his own ambition eventually motivates him to do so. This is demonstrated in his soliloquy from Act 1, Scene 7, where 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" (Lines 25–28). Here, Macbeth acknowledges that his irrational desire was the only reason he killed Duncan. While macbeth has the power to shape his own destiny, his fate is ultimately sealed by the prophecy from the …show more content…
For example after successfully escaping alone and becoming a free women harriet decides to turn back “Rather than remaining in the safety of the North, Tubman made it her mission to rescue her family and others living in slavery via the Underground Railroad”. Because even though she was now free she couldn't deal with her family and friends being enslaved when she could free them like she did for herself. Showing that while she was enslaved and could have been enslaved the remainder of her life she chose to follow her ambitions and become a free woman and help other become free also. Furthermore, She carried a gun for both her own protection and to “encourage” her charges who might be having second thoughts. She often drugged babies and young children to prevent slave catchers from hearing their cries. Which highlights the lengths that Tubman would go so that the enslaved wouldn't be werry, and let her lead them to the north. Demonstrating the extent she went through to free her people from slavery. Overall throughout harriet's life she wasn't contempt with her family/slaves being enslaved so in turn she did everything in her power to free