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The Not So Great MacbethIn Macbeth written by William Shakespeare the primary(prenominal) character Macbeth is a general in the Scottish army. After Macbeth and Banquo another general return from battle they encounter three witches the witches give Macbeth and Banquo three Prophesies. The witches advocate that Macbeth leave behind be made thane (a rank of Scottish nobility) of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Banquo will produce a line of Scottish kings although Banquo will never bewilder king himself. King Duncans men come to thank the two generals for their victories in battle and to tell Macbeth that he has been named thane of Cawdor. The previous thane betrayed Scotland by fighting for the Norwegians and Duncan has condemned him to death. Macbeths wife peeress Macbeth hears about king Duncan coming to their castle and trys to persuade Macbeth to murder king Duncan. He and Lady Macbeth plan to get Duncans two chamberlains drunk so they will black out the next morning they will blame the murder on the chamberlains, who will be defenseless, as they will remember nothing. While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth stabs him, despite his doubts and a number of supernatural visions, including a vision of a bloody dagger. Macbeth straightway becomes king and Fearful of the witches prophecy that Banquos heirs will seize the throne, Macbeth hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. They ambush Banquo on his way to a king same(p) feast, but they fail to kill Fleance, who escapes but kills Banquo. Lady Macbeth later kills herself while sleepwalking and Macbeth becomes depressed. Later Macduff comes with his army and beheads Macbeth. And Malcolm becomes king.In Shakespeares ... ...control his fate is when he goes to the witches and they enter him a line of kings who all resemble Banquo, suggesting that Banquos sons will indeed be kings. Thou art too like the spirit o f Banquo. Down Thy flower does sear mine eyeballs (pg. 386) So Macbeths sends murders to go kill Bonquo and his son Fleance But they only kill Bonquo and his son Fleance escapes which means that he could still possibly become king and that angered Macbeth so that showed that Macbeth wouldnt let anything mess up his fate and that he is trying to control every aspect of it and that he would go to vast lengths to control it.So all of those examples were of how Macbeth tried to seal his fate and just how far he would go to Control it but in the end like all things it came to an end and Macbeth really couldnt do much at that point to control his fate and was beheaded by Macduff.