whether free will is more powerful than fate comes up in Charles’ Dickens A Christmas Carol, in which three Spirits show Ebenezer Scrooge his doomed fate if he does not alter his miserly, misanthropic behavior. Through heeding the Phantoms’ warnings, Scrooge would be able to change his future because he was resolved on changing, as shown by his rejoinders to the visions from the past, present and future.
At the beginning of his journey, The Ghost of Christmas Past provided Scrooge with glimpses from…
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