The Free Will of Shakespeare's Macbeth“Double, double toil and toil; The fire burns and the cauldron boils. (Witches, IV, I, 94) Everyone has control over something. Whether it's themselves, someone else, or a possession, they are in control. Throughout the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, Macbeth is controlled by three witches and also by his wife. Macbeth has free will to choose to do what he wants, but he often chooses to do what others want or expect of him. In Act I, Scene iii, Macbeth cannot help himself from knowing more about what the witches have to predict. He says to them: “Stay, you imperfect speakers. Tell me more.”(73) This is where the witches begin to take control of Macbeth, we know this because he doesn't want them to leave and wants to know more about what he will become. When Macbeth discovers that what the witches predicted is coming true, he is stunned. Then he begins to think about how he will be king, and all the prophecies will come true. Macbeth digresses, saying, “Two truths are told as happy prologues to the growing act of the imperial theme.” (I, iii, 140) Here Macbeth falls into the trap of the witches realizing that he will be able to win the task of becoming king. It seems that Macbeth is someone who always gets what he wants, this greed that he has causes a problem. He wants to become king, but others stand in his way, such as Banquo, Fleance and Macduff. He says in Act I, Scene iv, to Banquo: "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my clamor." (157) He knows he did nothing to become Thane of Glamis, so he doesn't have to do anything to become king. At this point it seems that Macbeth feels that being king is destiny for him, but it soon becomes his free will. As stated before, Macbeth thought he had done nothing to become Thane of Glamis, but he had. Macbeth had cut off the head of the King of Norway during the battle. This shows that in order to obtain the Lord of Glamis, Macbeth must kill. When he realizes this, he discovers that he will have to get rid of those in his way by killing them to become king..