Comparing Macbeth 'And Tabula Rasa'

Referring to the quote “Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather he determines himself whether he give in to conditions or stands up to them. In other words, man is self-determining. Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.” By Viktor E. Frankl. According to this quote, man is influenced or molded by the society surrounding them as said by John Locke’s Tabula Rasa. This quote and statement have been proven in many English pieces of literature but, greatly stands out in “Macbeth” a tragic Scottish play written by William Shakespeare, “Persepolis 1&2” graphic novel self - documentary of a female in Iran which is written by Marjane Satrapi and Lord of the Flies

An example would be when the witches and Macbeth encountered each other for the first time and the witches said “All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! / All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! / All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter” (1, 3, 50-53). This quote shows that the witches are persuading Macbeth by telling him that he is going to be King, which later in the play persuades Macbeth to make horrible decisions such as killing King Duncan. This shows that the society which is demonstrated by the 3 weird sisters influences man which would be Macbeth himself. Another example of when society molds man would be when the witches appeared again along with the Apparitions and they

This graphic novel also showcases that society molds man. An example of when this occurred was when in the beginning of the novel. “Then came 1980: The year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school. We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to.” (Satrapi, 3). In this part of the novel in Panel 3, there are girls walking into the school and there is a lady there commanding the girls to wear a veil. But, the young girls don’t like the veil so play around with and in Panel 4 on the same page it shows the girls just running around and having fun with the veil by using it as a skipping rope or as a mask. This shows that the lady which would represent the society is commanding the girls to dress in a specific way. Another example of when this occurs is when Marjane goes to go buy western tapes wearing western clothes that her parents got for her when they went for a vacation in Turkey. While she is walking the guardians of the revolution for females stopped her. “They were guardians of the revolution, the women’s branch. This group had been added in 1982, to arrest women who were improperly veiled… Their job was to put us back on the straight and narrow by explaining the duties of Muslim women. ”(Satrapi,