For https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-137-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-witches
Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet .... filet? I always thought it was a filet, like that you took a fenny snake, whatever kind of snake that was. I always imagined it was a garden snake, and you cut a slice and seared it nicely, and then that went into the cauldron... But now I hear it's fillet.
Cray.
In the cauldron boil and bake.
Well which? I can't imagine these are cakes. No, I'm being silly, of course you can just mean you're heating something... Shakespeare is full of redundancies and extra words to make the meter work out for him. He's just a big cheater face. I mean, it's good, but you can see the trappings.
Truth be told, I think witches get a bad rap. Or, specifically, those.
What am I saying?
I'd like to ask the question: do the witches CAUSE what comes to pass to pass, or do they merely KNOW it? In theory, if they'd never told Macbeth the things that they told him, the path he follows would have been very different. Like, yeah, MAYBE he would have
spoilers ahead for a several century old play
killed Duncan anyways, but I don't think it would even have occurred to him to kill Banquo or Macduff's family.
Geez, @improv, you're a wild one aren't you? I was like how'd we get to Shakespeare?
That's a good thing, by the way ;)
Hmm I think you're right, I mean you can argue that he would've eventually killed Banquo and Macduff's family as well, but you just never know. You ask an excellent question - did the witches "make" Macbeth do it or would he have done it anyway?
But, since we both agree he might've killed Duncan of his own accord, who's to say he wouldn't have eventually gotten the idea to kill the others as well? Maybe the witches were just a catalyst for something that would've happened anyways.
Anyhow, really really nice work. I loved reading this. I'd give ya the latest prompt, but I see you've done it already ;)
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;p are you a fan of ol' what's his name, The Bard?
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Oh indeed, very much so
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