THEMES: Fate and Free Will in Macbeth

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macbeth believes in fate:
after he hears the ? prophecies
"chance may ? me without my ?"
suggesting he'll be ? without doing anything

? ? thinks macbeth is fated to be king
but he must ? to make it happen

macbeth believes people aren't in ? of their liv
after he hears the witches prophecies
"chance may crown me without my stir"
suggesting he'll be king without doing anything

lady macbeth thinks macbeth is fated to be king
but he must act to make it happen

macbeth believes people aren't in control of th
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the witches could be ? of macbeth's fate
or their predictions should inspire him to be ?
the witches could be messengers of macbeth's fate
or their predictions should inspire him to be evil
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macbeth also acts out of his own free will:
he makes a choice to not kill ?
he weighs out pros and cons, suggesting he has ?
he also says "we will ? no further"

later he acts on ?

macbeth acts because he hears his ? in the prophecies
he makes a choice to not kill duncan
he weighs out pros and cons, sugesting he has control
he also says "we will proceed no further"

later he acts on prophecies

macbeth acts because he hears his future in the prophecies
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"disdaining ?" suggests that macbeth went against fate and killed ?
this shows that macbeth could have changed his other actions if he wanted to
"disdaining fortune" suggests that macbeth went against fate and killed macdonald
this shows that macbeth could have changed his other actions if he wanted to
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yesss
noooo
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Card 2

Front

the witches could be ? of macbeth's fate
or their predictions should inspire him to be ?

Back

the witches could be messengers of macbeth's fate
or their predictions should inspire him to be evil

Card 3

Front

macbeth also acts out of his own free will:
he makes a choice to not kill ?
he weighs out pros and cons, suggesting he has ?
he also says "we will ? no further"

later he acts on ?

macbeth acts because he hears his ? in the prophecies

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"disdaining ?" suggests that macbeth went against fate and killed ?
this shows that macbeth could have changed his other actions if he wanted to

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

yesss

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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