Journal 9

Free Will is the concept that one makes decisions based mainly on ones own ideas,beliefs and morals and not from outside influences. In the play "Othello" Iago uses free will to justify what happened to Othello in the play. He says that Othello caused his own doom by making stupid decisions. On the other hand of the argument is Determinism. Determinism suggests that people make decisions based on outside influences, this argument is more on the side of Othello as many say he only made the decisions to kill Desdemona and Cassio after Iago misled him into believing they were unfaithful.