Chance is an element that includes both destiny and free will. Macbeth’s first wrongful act which was decided by his free will was to listen, and take what the three sisters had told him into consideration. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth’s actions are more likely determined by chance than anything else. In act one of Macbeth, he is quoted as saying to himself, “If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me,/ Without my stir” (Shakespeare, I, iii, 143-144). Macbeth knows that he is a grandson to a king, and therefore he has a legitimate claim to the throne, and also knows that disease could easily speed up his arrival, bu

Ambition is a powerful attribute to one person if it is executed in certain ways. Macbeth’s ambition soon became turned and knotted with jealousy and rage. The darkness had completely consumed him by the end of the play and he was vengeful on everybody. The witch’s prophecies would have only pointed him in one direction, but Macbeth’s own free will was that which took the steps. Macbeth’s jealous rage was first evident in act three when he ordered the execution of his faithful friend and loyal servant, Banquo. “Our fears in Banquo/ Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature/ Reigns that which would be fear'd” (Shakespeare, III, 1, 53-55). Thus, this statement concludes that Macbeth was troubled by Banquo’s presence and therefore had to be rid of him. From then on, Macbeth was suspicious of everybody around him and was relentless in all of his actions. Even though from then on Macbeth did not physically do harm to others, he had minions doing his evil doings for him. By the end of the play, Macbeth’s madness grew and he was jumping to conclusions without out any thought of remorse. When he had found out about Macduff’s disappearance to England, he immediately ordered the deaths of his wife, children as well as everyone in his kingdom. “Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' the sword/ His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls” (Shakespeare, IV, i, 165-166). Therefore by saying this, Macbeth did not just jump to conclusions about Macduff’s flee to England, but he took it one step further by putting a death count on his family and all inhabitants of his kingdom. Macbeth had now turned from his w

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