Macbeth's Free Will

Free will is the basis of one’s own personal life. In Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth,” the three witches play a large role in Macbeth’s life when he makes decisions. The witches adumbrate Macbeth’s future by dominating his mind and allowing his character to have an immoral appearance. They try to form chaos in order to get him to perform the actions that they want him to take. Although the witches struck evil upon Macbeth, it was Macbeth himself who made his own choices that determined his fate. Macbeth reached sanity when he killed some victims because he was not forced to commit such an act. The witches were an additional part that was able to control his mind and allowed him to stand as an indomitable figure that would fight even if it would end in a disaster. Macbeth’s own free will lead him to his defeat, however, it was premeditated by the three witches. The witches are the nature of evil and associate with evil spirits. Although they cannot directly put harm to Macbeth themselves, they make auguries for Macbeth’s downfall and for his possible future that they hope he will act upon. Macbeth is told that he will soon take place as the Thane of Cawdor and soon after he would be the King of Scotland. The witches strike evil upon Macbeth with these harbingers and his soul transforms into one that is both greedy and evil. The witches tell Macbeth, “Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor, thou shalt be King hereafter (Shakespeare Act I, Scene III). When Macbeth finds out that it is the truth that he will become Thane of Cawdor, he begins the journey to his downfall, just as the witches had wanted. He considers murdering Duncan and there is a sign of evil that has been brought before him. Macbeth does not make this an easy decision but rather debates it. He begins to go against murdering Duncan because it is immoral. After realizing that he himself could become king, he thought that the death of Duncan would be what was best for his future. Macbeth’s greed takes...