Fate VS. Freewill in Macbeth

In Act I Macbeth and Banquo come across the three witches on the heath. The witches make three predictions to Macbeth and Banquo; Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor, he will become king, Banquo’s sons will also become king and that Banquo will not become king. Later on in that same scene Ross and Angus tell Macbeth that he is now the Thane of Cawdor. Upon receiving this news Macbeth remembers the predictions the three witches had made:

Macbeth is saying, “Oh look here is a dagger, must be here because it is fate that I kill King Duncan.” When really Lady Macbeth had given him the dagger and he chose to pick it up and use it.

The predictions of the three witches begin to start coming true. Macbeth believes it is fate. He believes that he is just a mere actor in the midst of everything, a player on a stage:

At this point Macbeth has been using the witches as a guideline influencing his choices. The witches have done nothing to Macbeth. They have casted no spell, no nothing has been done all they have done is fill Macbeth’s greedy mind with a sense of security and power to be king.

From the beginning of the play Macbeth is influenced by the witches predictions and apparitions and chooses to follow them. When really Macbeth should have just ignored them like Banquo and just let everything occur naturally. Banquo is someone in the play that is proof that the predictions are not their destinies and he did no

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