Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, includes a character that becomes a victim of his own actions after disrupting the delicate flow of fate. The character, known as Macbeth, stumbled across three witches that told him he would receive two new royal titles. Thane of Cawdor, and King of Scotland. Of course, after hearing this, Macbeth became skeptical and did not believe a word the weird sisters said. Soon after, he was given the title of Thane of Cawdor. This is when he realized the prophecies were true and decided to try and force the fate of becoming king onto himself by murdering his current king, Duncan. This turned out to be a crucial mistake of his and a turning point in the play. Unnatural and dark things started happening both …show more content…
He was skeptical at first but quickly became power-hungry once he achieved the title, Thane of Cawdor, as he was promised. “He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor/In which addition, hail, most worthy thane,/ For it is thine.” (Shakespeare 1.3. 110-112) After the witches told him his prophecy, Ross and Agnus soon showed up and granted Macbeth his new title. This makes Macbeth realize that the prophecy is true, and he is going to be crowned king according to the prophecy. Macbeth, although he was still a little skeptical about receiving the prophecy, couldn’t help but be excited about receiving the crown. When he hears that Duncan plans to crown his son, Macbeth realizes that he can’t let that happen if he wants the crown. He becomes convinced that he can only become king if he kills Duncan. “For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;/ Let not light see my black and deep desires.” (Shakespeare …show more content…
Macbeth, in his letter, wrote about how he must kill the current king to fulfill the witches' prophecy; he didn’t want to lose this opportunity that was promised to him. “...that thou might’st not lose the dues of rejoicing by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee.” (Shakespeare 1.5.11-13). After Macbeth killed Duncan, strange things started happening, indicating a disruption in nature and fate. “On Tuesday last A falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed./And Duncan’s horses…/’Tis said they eat each other.”(Shakespeare 2.4.15-24) Ross and the Old Man noticed that the usually extremely well-behaved and trained horses broke out of their stalls and ate each other. Also, a measly owl who usually is the prey had attacked and killed a predatory falcon. This symbolizes a disruption in fate and demonstrates how quickly things will go wrong because of Macbeth’s cruel