In economics, I learned that decision making is a process that only the person whose decision it is can do. I learned in economics that no decision is forced, and that decisions are made based on marginal benefits and marginal costs. I also learned that the only way a decision will be made is if the benefits outweigh the costs. The play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, and the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding have many things in common, especially the use of how fear does not actually force certain decisions to be made. Although many people will contend that the beast and the witches in Lord of the Flies and Macbeth caused the irrational decisions to be made, in reality it was Macbeth and the children on the island that made their …show more content…
In the play Macbeth, Macbeth is told that he is going to be king, and many people that read the book contend that it is at this moment that Macbeth is influenced most. They contend that it is indeed the witches that force Macbeth’s hand to kill King Duncan. At this point in time when the next quote is said, all we know in Macbeth is that Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis. ““All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (1.3.53) This quote is after the fact that Macbeth hears he will also become the Thane of Cawdor. In this quote, many people interpret that the witches are shaping the future, but they are wrong. In the next quote, Macbeth is imagining the killing of King Duncan. This is not something that the witches told him he had to do in order to become King. “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,”(1.3.152). In this quote, Macbeth …show more content…
Jack clamored among them, the conch forgotten."Come on! Follow me!" “The space under the palm trees was full of noise and movement. Ralph was on his feet too, shouting for quiet, but no one heard him. All at once the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone—following Jack. (Golding, 38). This proves that Jack already had a clan of savages following him prior to the beast even appearing in the story. To go even further, the children had two choices throughout the entire story. The children chose Jack especially when the beast was involved, but Simon tells the children the truth after he sees the dead parachutist, and the children stone him to death. “The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise, something about a body on the hill.” (Golding, 152). This quote clearly shows how the children were engulfed in savagery and even when they knew the beast was not real, they still chose Jack as their leader. This shows that their savagery was really the cause of them choosing Jack as a leader because even as they were presented with the truth, they denied it and killed the person who spoke the truth. This again proves that the children’s decision was not forced by the beast and it disavows that claim. It once again proves that the decisions made by the children on the island were made because in their own convoluted minds, they really believed that following Jack