The Rice Crispy Macbeth Paradox

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In the novel Macbeth, Shakesphere takes the reader on a journey through Macbeth's corruption as a human being. The scene that catalyzes the corruption of Macbeth is most arguably the third scene in act one, where Macbeth is greeted by the three witches and is given his fortune as a future king. Without being directly told by the witches what he must do to become king, Macbeth begins to formulate the murder of King Duncan in his mind, which later on facilitates his own insanity. The witches act as a omniscient puppet master, that indirectly controls peoples fates. In the beginning, one of the witches says that when she asked a lady for nuts, the lady refused, so the witch decided to ruin her husband's life. The witch incited the woman's refusal and consequently gave her a fate of being a widow. If we want to put things in a much greater context, let's talk about quantum mechanics. Erwin Schrodinger devised a thought experiment where his cat is in a box with a small quantity of a radioactive substance which could possibly decay in an hour, and kill the cat. But there is also an equal probability of the cat being alive. If the box isn't opened, the cat is both alive and dead simultaneously. Only when someone looks into the box or acts upon it, will the state of the cat be definitive. The witches fact as a catalyst for fate, without their small indirect actions, nothing happens--they are the sole reason of people's fates. In the Rice Crispies franchise, there are three individuals: Snap, Crackle, and Pop. They constantly appear in the television adverts, but often don't directly interact with the other people in the commercial, they just sit and watch them eat their cereal. In the commercial below, Snap, Crackle, and Pop, oversee the children eating their cereal. After a couple of bites, the children begin to recite their names without any form of directions. The cereal the threesome gives the children, causes for them to involuntarily have the sensations of Snap, Crackle, and Pop. By giving the children the cereal, Snap, Crackle, and Pop already have given them their fate of eating a scrumptious breakfast. This breakfast can be for both the good and bad. Perhaps some children enjoy the snapping, crackling, and popping, and have a good day. Although some may detest the onomatopoeia sensation and may consequently have a terrible day. Snap, Crackle, and Pop, similar to the three witches, oversee the fate of their victims without directly acting upon them. Through Shakephere's Macbeth, and Rice Crispies Cereal, they convey the message of the butterfly effect and its impacts.

Keeping it cereal (surreal),

Will