We are usually held accountable for the actions that we decide to take. Several times we are influenced to make those decisions which, usually are influenced by someone else. The outcomes of these actions might turn out positive or against us and destruct us entirely. Macbeth takes many decisions over the course of the book. Some might define them as good and many might see them as atrocious. The Thane of Glamis(Macbeth) encounters the three witches one day; they informed Macbeth that he will have an exceptional future, a future where he can be king. Macbeth’s greed and ambition strike him and take over as soon as he hears present king; King Duncan is granting the throne to Malcolm, his son. Not knowing how else to proceed, he sends a letter to his passionate wife about his encounter with the witches. Lady Macbeth- the very determined character that she is, manipulates Macbeth into taking the throne of king by killing all who comes in the middle. …show more content…
The witches surely started everything, they caused Macbeth to think that becoming king was something he was fated to do but Macbeth did everything because of his own free will. Lady Macbeth uses many different tactics to change Macbeth’s decision to kill the king, but Macbeth only kills Duncan because he saw his benefit in the crime. His free will was one of the main reasons that was responsible for his actions. Free will is your voluntary decision to do what you choose to do. Everyone makes their own choices and we usually tend to make choices that benefit us and that is exactly what Macbeth was doing, he was taking actions in which he was beneficial in, but he didn’t realize that he was slowly destructing himself. If you are doing things out of your own greed it can cause downfall and you will always be responsible for the actions that you take no matter who influenced