People within society are often torn between whether fate or personal choice controls or governs others to make the decisions that they do. So without exclusion, one may confront the main character in Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, with the same question, does fate or choice govern Macbeth"

By definition "fate" is a prophetic declaration, oracle. The agency by which events are inevitably predetermined; destiny that which is ordained to happen, one's appointed lot. (The Living Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language) There are many instances where fate and prophecy confront Macbeth, the very first for example, "All Hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King here after! (I, iii, 48-50) This is the very first time the reader witnesses the three witches, who inform Macbeth of his prophecy to become Thane...