Does Macbeth acts upon fate or does he have free will towards his decisions? Many argue that Macbeth is not genuinely responsible for his evil actions; on the other hand, they excuse him with the assumption that he is just a victim of a dark fate he can’t escape from. I do believe the witches, who stated the prophecy regarding his future, played a really important role in his decision-making. However, from a personal perspective, I dare to say that Macbeth is definitely the real one to blame in relation to all of his evil decisions. The witches never really forced him to do anything he didn’t want to, it was his own free will to act upon his decisions, once the witches stated his prophecy about him obtaining reign and power, the idea about ambition got stuck in his head, leading him to terrible choices and causing his own downfall. …show more content…
Lady Macbeth also took a really important role in Macbeth’s decisions; she greatly influenced her husband to kill King Duncan in order for him to obtain the power, however even though the women did greatly pressure him by questioning his manhood, she never forced him to do it. In fact, he had the chance to rethink whether he should do it or not, but once again he was driven by the thought of ambition and ends up cruelly killing him. Furthermore, his evil actions don’t stop there, the next day he savagely killed the guards who discovered his crime, this decision was out of his own free will, it was not stated in any