In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth alerts the audience to the quandary of knowing one's destiny and wanting to control the future. Through the setting, plot, and The setting helps demonstrate the theme in many ways. In act one the witches help reveal the atmosphere of the play. The witches are speaking about when to meet again, "in thunder, lighting, or in rain" which are all foul weather. The witches go on and …showed first 75 words of 386 total…

…showed last 75 words of 386 total…of being king or anyone who had any amount of knowledge of the murders or the plot. Because of his knowledge of the future and his destiny he led himself to his own destruction. Thought the setting, plot, and characterization of Macbeth the theme of fair is foul and foul is fair. These are demonstrated in Macbeth as he alerts the audience to the dilemma of knowing one's destiny and wanting to control the future.