Macbeth is a story of a man who started out as a noble and brave general who turned into a man hungry for power and driven by evil. Macbeth received a prophecy from three witches that said one day he would become King of Scotland. Consumed with ambitious thoughts encouraged by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself. He is forced to commit murder after murder to protect himself from suspicion. The murders propel Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to death in the end. Though fate can be defined in many different ways, Shakespeare uses fate as a power that predetermines events. In Macbeth, fate plays an important role in the lives of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo.
Macbeth and Banquo, on their way to the king’s court