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Macbeth

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron
bubble." (Witches, IV, I, 94) Alissa Judson Mrs. Frank Bl.
4 December 7,1999 Everyone has control over something.
Whether it be themselves, someone else, or a possession,
they have control. Throughout the play Macbeth, written by
Shakespeare, Macbeth is controlled by three witches and
also his wife. Macbeth has a free will to choose to do what
he wants but he frequently chooses to do what others want
or predict of him. In Act I, Scene iii, Macbeth can't withhold
himself from knowing more of what the witches have to
predict. He says to them, "Stay, you imperfect speakers.
Tell me more."(73) This is where the witches begin to gain
control over Macbeth, we know this because he doesn't
want them to leave and wants to know more about what he
will become. When Macbeth finds out what the witches have
predicted of him is coming true, he becomes stunned. He
then begins to think of how he will be king, and all the
prophecies will be won. Macbeth makes an aside saying, "
Two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of
the imperial theme." (I, iii, 140) Here Macbeth is falling into
the trap of the witches by realizing that he will be able to
conquer the quest of becoming king. It seems like Macbeth
is someone who always gets what he wants, this greed that
he has causes a problem. He wants to become king, but
others stand in his way, such as Banquo, Fleance, and
Macduff. He says in Act I, Scene iv, to Banquo, "If chance
will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my
stir." (157) He knows that he has done nothing to become
Thane of Glamis, so he doesn't have to do anything to
become king. At this point it seems that Macbeth feels it is
destiny for him to be king but it soon changes to his free will.
Like stated before, Macbeth thought he had done nothing to
become Thane of Glamis but, he had. Macbeth had
chopped the king of Norway's head off during battle. This
shows...