Scottish play (Macbeth). Does Shakespeare believe in fate?
If Macbeth didn’t know about his fate he still would have become king. The witches simply pushed him in the direction, telling him how he would become king. As was evident that his intentions and personality were evil (considering he did kill a king), he would’ve eventually figured out that killing the king could make him the king and would’ve done it himself. Shakespeare probably believes in fate, and made it more obvious that he does by the way that he has things happen in the play. Banquo was told that his son would become king, while Macbeth was told that he would become king. Both happened (assumably Fleance becomes king after the play ends). The stranger thing, showing Shakespeare believes infate, is that Macbeth was told he could not die until Birnam Wood moved to Dunsinane. As Macduff raised a gigantic army in the trees to attack the castle, a messenger enters with astonishing news: the trees of Birnam Wood are advancing toward Dunsinane. The last part of the prophecy is that M
