Martin Luther, in his attack on free will, rejects the idea as an imagined fallacy. He argues there is no free will, that it is essentially a justification for sin, or rather, free will can do nothing besides sin. Antithetically, in his defense of free will, Erasmus questions that if doing good or evil is a matter of necessity what purpose does praise or condemnation serve? He cites biblical scripture in his support “’If you love me, keep my commandments’ [John 14:15]” further asserting “[h]ow poorly the conjunction ‘if’ agrees with absolute necessity” (Erasmus 183). Logically following Erasmus’ position, readers of Shakespeare’s Macbeth might ask what would be the use of vengeance against Macbeth if it was understood that all actions were