act 5 fate and freewill

Act 5

Fate and free will

Through out the whole act, Macbeth depends on fate for his destiny and Macduff takes his actions into his own hands

Act 5, scene 2, line 19-20.

Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in love. This means that the people have no free will and live in fear of Macbeth.

Act 5, Scene 4, Line

Malcom: Let every soldier hew him down a bough and bear ‘t before him. Thereby shall we shadow the numbers of our host, and make discovery err in report of us.

Explanation: Malcom is ordering his soldiers to cut the trees and make them move in front of them. Just like the apparitions said to Macbeth, the forest would move.

Scene 5:

Macbeth: She would of died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Line 15

His wife was bound to die anyways so he’s not suprised. We also learn that she is suicidal and took her own fate in her hands

Scene 8, Line 95

Macduff: Despair thy charm, and let the angel whom thou still hast served tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.

Expanation:

Macduff is saying that he wasn’t born directly from his mother because she had a C section. Just as the apparitions said to Macbeth, no man born from a woman could kill him. Macduff could.