Hoi Man Jessica Miss Junqueira & Mr. Taylor English 2 Spring 15 May 2023 Fate and free will of Macbeth INTRODUCTION: Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is a famous play and a dark tale of power lust and paranoia set in Scotland in the Middle Ages. Macbeth follows the story of a Scottish nobleman who is told by three witches that he will become king one day. Inspired and driven by the prophecies made by the three witches, Macbeth goes on to kill the king and take the throne. We are given a good impression of Macbeth by other characters even before he makes his first appearance on stage. But does Macbeth control his fate and free will? Macbeth made some poor decisions and let people influence him and that led to his ultimate …show more content…
The neural activity that carries out this planning may not affect what we do or that it just concocts stories after the fact to explain to ourselves and others what we did.” What this means is that we, like Macbeth, are all responsible for our decisions and actions. From another article from Scientific American, Metaphysical materialism, the notion that our choices are determined by neurophysiological activity in our brain, contradicts free will because we don't experientially identify with neurophysiology, not even our own. We identify with our fears, desires, inclinations, and other things. “We have free will if our choices are determined by that which we experientially identify …show more content…
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling as to sight? Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable. As this which how I draw. Thou marshall’st me the way that I was going, and such an instrument I was to use.’ act 2 Scene 1. This quote states out is the dagger that made Macbeth make him do the murder. ‘The dagger made me do it.’ is Macbeth's defense. ‘Come, let me clutch thee.’. This sounds like he does not have a choice to choose between whether or not he should kill king duncan or