In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the author is determined to present a character internally torn and tragically flawed. Macbeth, the central character in the play, and a relatively good man, is told the future by three witches. His comprehension of what the future was could have affected his way of thinking. The actions that followed the predictions of the future seem to be an effect of predictions themselves. The character produces the effect he desires in the future rather than waiting for that effect to come about without his intervention. In this play, it is evident that reality is subjective to the perceiver.…
