Cambridge Dictionary defines fate as “A power that causes and controls all events so that people cannot change or control the way things will happen.” In Macbeth, we see the three witches predicting what appears to be Macbeth’s set in stone fate; however, the only thing that made Macbeth into the monster he became was his own lust for power. We see first-hand the cycle of Macbeth’s rise to kingship, in which he forced his way to, all the way to his downfall that was inevitably caused by his own hand. Fate wasn’t the driving force that led Macbeth to do this; however, it was the absolute power that he held which slowly corrupted him to his demise. To understand that Macbeth wasn’t destined to fail as king, first, we must look at how the