What really controls us
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not in his family would get the crown, the crown HE killed Duncan for. There was no long-term benefit for Macbeth’s actions. Either way you look at it, it was a lose-lose situation for him. There and then, he decided to try to escape his fate. Macbeth then makes the executive decision to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance, which was a failed mission because Fleance got away from the murderers. Throughout the play as well, Macbeth is given other prophecies that he tries to change with evil deeds; he can’t seem to just accept his destiny. Fate can’t be changed or altered. If it was said Macbeth wasn’t going to have an heir to pass the crown to, then that's that; there was no changing it and he had no control over the situation. It was presumably true that Fleance eventually came to rule Scotland, proving the witches' prophecy right and demonstrating that fate makes things happen. Clearly, Macbeth's fate was all laid out for him in advance, and there was nothing he could do to
alter or compromise it. The witches merely acted as the hand of fate, explaining to Macbeth what would become of his life.No matter what he did, his fate was ultimately inescapable; it’s something set in advance at the beginning of our days, following us our entire lifetime. Life has to run it’s course and we, as powerless humans, have to let it go. Sure, it’s kind of a drag, but it can also be good. People would never be where they are today if they hadn’t let fate do what it needed to do. Bill Gates wouldn’t be rich, Steve Jobs wouldn’t have created Apple. Everyone’s fate eventually brings them where they need to be, and it has been that way for ages. Even someone so possessive over power as Macbeth let fate take control, and in the end he got what life had in store for him. ●
By Kate Brennan