Overview

• explore the tension between destiny and personal choice. 
• The witches’ prophecies seem to set Macbeth’s future in motion, suggesting that his rise to power and eventual downfall are inevitable.
• it is Macbeth’s own decisions, driven by ambition, manipulation, and fear, that ultimately lead to his tragic end.
• Shakespeare uses this theme to show that while fate may set the path, it is free will that determines how one walks it.