Fate In Macbeth Essay

Fate at times may be the strongest force in our lives, however, fate may be more of a destination rather than an outline. In Shakespeare's Macbeth when the witches tell Macbeth, he will be king, but do not say how he will become king. His actions to reach his fate were his own choice. I chose to paint II:ii in which Macbeth chooses to kill Duncan in order to become king. I created a painting for this scene because it allowed for a greater amount of freedom to express and focus on aspects of choices and how they are part of reaching our fate. As well as how the actions to reach fate may cause different aspects of fate to be apparent. I chose to do a visual art project to depict the scene when Macbeth kills Duncan. I used watercolors and canvas to portray the scene, because of the multitude of colors,
Macbeth and his fate were my main points of interest on this project. I chose to focus on these things because they seemed to be at the forefront of almost every scene. Prophecies of fate were extremely important to Macbeth throughout the play. The witches provide Macbeth with many prophecies throughout the play in which they tell him his fate. When the witches tell Macbeth,”that shalt be king hereafter”(I.iii.53). In this scene The witches essentially only tell Macbeth his fate to become king and nothing more. The significance of this scene is that fate and the actions someone could take may be different, but the outcome would be the same. This enforces the idea that fate is an outline. In addition to this when Macbeth says,” chance may crown me, Without my stir.”(I.iii.147-149). Macbeth is saying he still would have become King if his actions were different if had not killed Duncan then chance or fate may have been the same. If his journey was different his destination still would’ve been the