Topic > Knowing the Future (553)

The play Macbeth revolves around many themes, including one without which all others seem useless: is Macbeth in control of his actions or does the predictions of witches and apparitions control his destiny ? Although Macbeth's future was foretold as fact, he was still in control of his actions and could perhaps escape the seemingly inevitable death that ended the play. The idea of ​​destiny has entered the minds of many and most seem to have adopted the idea that "I control my destiny." However, this rather selfish statement suggests that the only things that happen to a person are the result of his previous actions. If a person traveling on the highway obeys all traffic laws and is hit by an eighteen-wheeler, did that person do anything to cause such an accident? No, that person simply suffered the repercussions of another driver's actions. This line of reasoning led to the idea of ​​Karma and the statement “what goes around comes around.” This idea finds its flaw in explaining the death of a child, since its only reasoning is that someone else's mistake led to ...