Our conversation on fate got me thinking about predestination. I tend to believe that your fate is set. There is nothing you can do to change it. All of your actions ultimately lead up to creating it. In this respect, I guess you can't consider the three witches in Macbeth evil. When we say evil, are we in tern deciding that there is an author of it. And if so, who is that author in Macbeth. The credit has to be given to someone. I have often wondered, as a Protestant Christian, "If God created everything, then didn't It create evil too?" But that's just a tangent...Macbeth, is guilty of believing that he could control his own fate. Aren't we all guilty of this same infraction, and if so what does this mean? So, we're not in control. What would acting accordingly even look like if this is true? I'm excited to continue delving into this play in our class discussions.
Nikki
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It's a great play, and I agree with you that it is deeply involved in the Catholic-Protestant debates of the day.
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