Good And Bad Decisions In The Story 'Macbeth'

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Everyone has to make decisions but many have different ways of making them. All decisions have either a positive or negative outcome. My decisions are made upon a variety of factors. Things like my environment ,friends and family influences my decisions. In the story Macbeth people intervene with his decisions which made him do bad things such as murder.

One of the many decision I have to make to make almost everyday is whether I should go to sleep or study. After school , not very often, i have spare time on my hands . Sometimes I make a wrong decision and have a bad outcome. For example ,when i get home i would take a nap ,the outcome of that could be failing a test or just being lost in class. I make bad and good decisions on a daily

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