What Role Does The Supernatural Play In Macbeth's Fate

What if the supernatural had an influence on everyone's life? Would those influences change one’s fate or the steps? In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the audience meets Macbeth, a soldier, who fights viciously for his country and, by extension, King Duncan. After the battle, Macbeth transfers his ruthless killing spree onto his king and others. Throughout the play, three witches appear periodically, trying to interfere with Macbeth. But he is already established as an ambitious, power-hungry tragic hero. While supernatural powers did persuade Macbeth into his demise, he still would have followed the same path without the witches evidenced by the fact that he is bullheaded and self-centered.
One reason Macbeth would have followed
Thinking his life would have been better off without their influence. In act one, scene five Lady Macbeth has received a letter from her husband. He writes of his encounter with the witches, his joy and also his insecurities. Lady Macbeth reads, “They met me in the day of success...Whiles I stood rapt in wonder of it...that thou might’st not lose the dues of rejoicing…” (I.v.1-12). Macbeth is telling his wife of the prophecies given to him by the witches, how he ponders what they declare to be true. He writes, telling her she should not let it get to her head, but to still celebrate the great news given. The witches entering Macbeth’s life did affect his thinking early on, and can give reason to his end. Nonetheless, Macbeth would have still gone down his beaten path of destruction, for he was borderline deranged before meeting the witches. In act one, scene two, a dying Captain speaks of Macbeth killing a traitor. Captain speaks, “For brave Macbeth… with his bloody execution… carved out his passage” (I.ii.18-21). The Captain tells the story of how merciless Macbeth was and of all the blood he sheds. Still in act one, scene two, Ross speaks of Macbeth killing another traitor. Ross says, "Norway himself... assisted by the most disloyal traitor, The thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict... point against point... And to conclude, the victory fell on us" (I.iii.59-66). Ross reenacts the battlefront for King