Destiny: How it played a role in this play!

This story’s theme is mainly about destiny as two main characters, Macbeth and Banquo, show how they dealt with destiny. From the start, Macbeth and Banquo’s fates are predicted by the witches. The witches predicted that “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: so all hail Macbeth and Banquo!”. Macbeth’s belief in the prophecies influences his actions to fulfill the prophecies. On the other hand, Banquo, though affected by the prophecies to certain extent “May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope? But hush! no more.”, doesn’t act upon the prophecies as he strongly believes that prophecies can be misleading and that only his own actions can decide his fate. Banquo can be seen as a foil to Macbeth as both hear their prophecies but take different actions and have different endings. Their endings prove that one’s decisions are more important than his/her fate.