1. Macbeth - Chance v Fate
... , Lady Macbeth's influence, Macbeth's active participation in fulfilling the prophecies and conflicting thoughts, are all factors that show that it was his own free will which determined his future. William Shakespeare's Macbeth details the rise and gradual fall of a Scottish General, Macbeth. In the opening scenes, Macbeth is approached by three witches who propehcise that he"d become King of Scotland. Knowing ... and had no real power to ensure their predictions came true. In Act I Scene III, one of the witches says "Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tossed." The ...
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