# data[].attributes.body
"Where is she now?-/ What, will these hands ne'er be clean?- No more o' that my lord, no more o' that. You mar all with this starting." (5.1 20-24)
Analysis: All of the deception that Lady Macbeth has done which all have led to the deaths of many of those around her is starting to make her conscience extremely guilty which is different from how she was at the beginning of the play.  She feels so guilty and heavy with these actions that they start to make her sleep walk and confess to her actions out to the air without her realization.  The amount of guilt would later consume her and lead her to kill herself, and have no proper time of mourning for her.  This also appears to consume Macbeth as well but in a way where he accepts that he can no longer go back and has become aware about everyone around him knowing what he has done.  Instead of falling into the guilt he is determined to no longer deceive and try to maintain the crown for himself.
Thematic Statement: In the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare deception is shown to also fool those that are lying by later making them aware of the amount o guilt they now carry which only now lead to their end.

# data[].attributes.body
"I pull in resolution and begin To doubt th' equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth. 'Fear not, till Birnam Wood Do come to Dunsinane'; and now a wood Comes toward Dunsinane." (5. 5. 68)
Analysis:
Macbeth did not think it would be possible for the woods to come to him in such a short time. However, the prophecy of the witches is now coming true, just not in the way that Macbeth thought it would. The supernatural aspect of the prophecy is what truly impacts Macbeth.  Macbeth sees the witches as indisputably right seers because of their ability to tell the future, just as they did the first time for him. The prophecy of the witches is intentionally misguiding however in order to lure Macbeth into a false sense of comfort. Macbeths trust in the supernatural was a large part of what led him to his downfall.
Thematic Statement:
Relying on something that is merely said to happen is a very risky venture.

# data[].attributes.body
"And let the angel whom thou still hast served / Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripped," (5. 8. 14-16).
Analysis: All of the apparitions prophecies seem to be coming true before Macduff's reveal, which had left some hope in Macbeth that he will not be killed. However, when the former had uncovered that he was indeed not born of a woman, all hope was lost for Macbeth, as he would be slain by Macduff. This is a clear example of fate within the play because the prophecies that Macbeth had heard prior have all come to fruition. Thus emphasizing that despite knowing what the future held, Macbeth's mortal abilities could not thwart his own death. This further downsizing the element of free will in the play. Because despite Macbeth knowing of his prophecies, he still could not escape it, he had no free will to change his fate; therefore, no free will. He'd traversed the exact path he was told he would and was ultimately killed by Macduff, as the apparitions foretold.
Thematic Statement: In the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare it is about fate and free will, revealing that the former is inevitable and people will always follow down a path that was already paved for them, whether they know of it or not, further demeaning the notion of free will.

# data[].attributes.body
Variations on a Cloud is a song that seems to be a conversation between two voices. Whether these voices are from different people or from the mind of the same person is not really explained. Within the lyrics of the song there is a discussion of the end of a darkening life as explained by clouds. As the song progresses there is the realization from the person that the life they lived was not really theirs, but rather an act of what they thought was supposed to be their life. The second voice is the cementing of the idea and further solidifying of the concept that the lie they lived was a lie and that there is nothing that can be done to change their life as the end is already near. Knowing all of this, both parties see that even though they realized this, there will still be future variations of this same life that will be lived by others realizing they did not truly live, as seen with the repetition of the line "Keep it coming back".

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
ミラクルミュージカル – Variations on a Cloud「LYRICS VIDEO」

# data[].attributes.headline
Article: There's No Such Thing as Free Will

# data[].attributes.subject
Article: There's No Such Thing as Free Will

# data[].attributes.body
Analysis: The article details on how free will is nonexistent, and that nature and nurture are both factors in deciding how people are. This ties in with one of the themes of "Macbeth" of course being that there is no free will, only fate. This also helps emphasize that even if Macbeth had not been given those premonitions from the witches and the apparitions he still would've done what he did the same, and his fate would've still been the same. The article also dabbles on the brain functions of people born with abnormalities in said brains, such things also endorse the notion of having no free will as people are born with certain brain functions that, depending on how its structured, essentially control their motivations and therefore goals. The relevance is clear between "Macbeth" and real life as both are suggesting that nobody has free will, as the way they are and what they could do in life were predetermined before they were even born, and then they were nurtured to believe what society expects them to believe. In "Macbeth" the sense of brain functions is symbolized in the witches' premonitions. They told Macbeth of his future, leading him to either do everything in his power to fulfill it or thwart it, but either way it ended in his death because it was said he would. Then there is real life, if a person was told their brain functions were abnormal then they might commit horrendous acts and they could make the excuse of "it was because their brains were different from normal". It was if they were predetermined to do bad in their life because of the way their brains developed. In conclusion, the article ties in with "Macbeth" because both describe the inevitability of fate, and all things are predetermined, and the free will is nothing but an illusion.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
But we all may be better off believing in it anyway.

# data[].attributes.body
1. Do you think the entire situation could have been different if Macbeth had not gone to the witches for advice a second time?

2. Do you think think the witches can truly see the future or can the merely influence it by giving people like Macbeth advice?

3. Why do you think Macbeth chose to trust the witches a second time after everything that happened to him?

4. What do you think is a good thematic statement for the play Macbeth?