Fate Vs Free Will Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
What are the three fates in classic literature and which characters symbolise these
A
Virgin/mature/old crow symbolised by the 3 witches
2
Q
The quotation which says chance will crown Macbeth
A
‘If chance have me king, why chance may crown me’
3
Q
How do the witches fool Macbeth into believing in his own indestructibility
A
‘No man born of a woman’ the use of equivocation hides the fact that Macduff who was born through a cesarian will kill him
4
Q
Does Shakespeare believe in fate?
A
No- he demonstrates this in the with Macbeth’s death. The fact that Macduff was born with a caesarian doesn’t make his mother less feminine. So Macbeth was killed through his free will. He let Macduff kill him because he believed it was written out that this was his fate
