I think that the most commonly recurring theme in MacBeth is the inevitability of fate. Everything that the witches said comes true, often in the most gruesome way. MacBeth becomes Thane of Glamis after the old thane is beheaded. He then becomes king after stabbing Duncan in his sleep. Banquo is also prevented from getting the throne violently. After the assassination of his father and attempted murder on him, Fleance flees and presumably survives to become king. Even MacBeth never gets to father a line of kings and ends up getting beheaded after the forest moves and he is slain by a man born of knife. No one seems to avoid their fate, and I wonder if a better outcome would have occurred had MacBeth reacted differently.
This brings me to another argument, but it involves circular logic. Would everything that the witches foretold come true had the characters reacted differently? I wonder if MacBeth would have come to the throne in a more honorable way. I also wonder if he would have died so horrifically. Maybe that would have negated the story completely. I guess the world will never know, but knowing Shakespeare, of course everything would be awful. I had a fun year. Good luck everyone on exams!
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I like how you chose a different idea rather than choosing power. Fate is a big idea in this play and should to be ignored.
ReplyDeleteI considered doing my post on something involving fate, but instead I went with consequences. I chose not to because I couldn't figure out how to illustrate what I was thinking in words, but you seem to have done it nicely for me!
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