In every tale of power and evil, there are similarities and differences to do with the antagonists and protagonists. In the Novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding and the Play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, there are analogues between the Lord of the Flies antagonist Jack, and Macbeth’s protagonist Macbeth. They both share a lust for power but too have different stories when it comes to that lust for evil. Jack and Macbeth are both thirsty for power and are willing to fight tooth and nail to gain it. They are persuaded to do terrible things by the thought of reigning over their kingdom/island. Both leaders Jack leads over the choir boys while Macbeth is the head of Duncan’s Army. They both have someone standing in their way Jack …show more content…
Jack makes them hunters and him the leader of the hunters. Providing food is an important job and gives Jack a strong title amongst the boys. Macbeth was also in charge of King Duncan’s army and thane of Glamis. Macbeth is also given the title Thane of Cawdor and is seen as powerful and brave amongst the people of Scotland. Jack is not given full power yet since in the beginning the boys vote Ralph in as chief. This rejection fuels Jacks lust for power and makes him start to desire it and find ways to second guess Ralph’s authority. Both Jack and Macbeth have someone standing in their way of power since Macbeth has King Duncan and Duncan’s two sons standing in the way of Macbeth claiming the crown. Jack and Macbeth also become more evil as gain power, Jack becomes more violent and angry once he gains control of castle rock and the rest of the boys, using violence and fear as a tool. Macbeth also finds more ease in killing after he becomes king. He struggles to kill Duncan but when it comes to Banqou or Macduffs children he finds there killings easy and without
The quote, “Man is not truly one, but truly two.” can be analyzed from a behaviorally or mentally aspect. Physically, man is one, but if you delve deeper into the man, he can be separated into two parts which creates a whole man. In the play Macbeth and in the novel Lord of the Flies, some of the characters can be split into two conflicting parts. The characters are neither entirely good or entirely bad. In both the novel and the play, something happens to the characters that made them split into an evil side, thus creating two men.
A more recent film that can be related to Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is "Lord of the Flies." In the acclaimed film "Lord of the Flies" a group of young boys are involved in a plane crash. The plane ends up in the middle of the woods where the boys come across some hunters. Jack, the leader of the group, convinces the boys to act in a violent manner towards the hunters. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, chose not to act violently towards the hunters despite the many opportunities they were afforded to do so. A common trait among Jack and Macbeth was their tendency to act in a violent manner, while a common trait among Ralph, Piggy, and the other gentleman from "Macbeth" was to choose not to kill despite their many opportunities.
This essay earned a 89/100. it was a lot of work considering the lines from macbeth for textual support.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth (The Holy Bible, Matthew 5:5). This quote is the third Beatitude in “The Bible” which means that any person who exhibits self-control and modesty will be rewarded with peace, prosperity and eternal life. There are many stories in the bible, as well as novels, plays, and motion pictures that help display the consequences of not leading a humble life. Macbeth (from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”) and Scar (from Rob Minkoff and Roger Aller’s “The Lion King”) are two characters that fail to portray the virtues of the third Beatitude. In both adaptations, there are many parallels between both characters as they possess selfish qualities and murder for their own benefits. Although Scar and Macbeth both commit regicide out of their own desire for power and create chaos among the land, Macbeth presents moral qualities while Scar is corrupt and dishonest throughout the “Lion King”. The main characters of both adaptations bring attention to the
A quote which really defines Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s ambition regarding power is “Power does not corrupt men; fools; however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power” George Bernard Shaw. Lady Macbeth is more ambitious in terms of gaining power then Macbeth is and that Lady Macbeth will do almost anything to gain power, even evil things that she normally wouldn’t do. This is shown when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth learn about the witches’ predictions, then roles in the plans to murder king Duncan in order to gain power and then finally after the murder, Macbeth doesn’t want to finish the plan making Lady Macbeth angry and causing a chance they might get caught and gain no power at all.
Macbeth rejects conformation to traditional gender roles in its portrayal of Lady Macbeth’s relationship with her husband, her morals and their effect on her actions, and her hunger for power. Her regard for Macbeth is one of low respect and beratement, an uncommon and most likely socially unacceptable attitude for a wife to have towards her spouse at the time. She often ignores morality and acts for the benefit of her husband, and subsequently herself. She is also very power-hungry and lets nothing stand in the way of her success. Lady Macbeth was a character which challenged expectations of women and feminism when it was written in the seventeenth century.
There are many differences between interpretations of William Shakespeare's MacBeth. This essay wall contrast Shakespeare's original version and a movie version by Roman Polanski produced in 1970. Three major differences will be discussed.
The “strong independent woman” is an amalgamation of modern attitudes towards women. Feminist, outspoken, and sexually liberated, this entity breaks the “mother figure” stereotype usually attributed to women. Current society reinforces these unconventional notions, however this was not so in Shakespearian times. In Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, most female characters are portrayed in “unstereotypical” ways. Lady Macbeth’s “unsex me speech” leads her to acquire male attributes throughout the play, Lady Macduff openly criticizes her husband for leaving, and minor characters such as “the sailor’s wife” are inhospitable and unaccommodating. Although this seems to portray support for modern views of women, this is not true. It, in fact, reinforces traditional roles, as every “strong independent woman” within the play is punished. Women that go against “natural gender roles” disrupt order and lose their personal stability. This is evidenced by the actions of Lady Macbeth, minor female characters such as the sailor’s wife and the gentlewoman, and Lady Macduff.
Macbeth and Macduff are viewed as two prominent figures throughout the plot of Macbeth. Furthermore, they are heavily depicted as exact opposites. Macbeth, greedy and power-driven, is labeled as the villain. On the contrary, Macduff, loyal and selfless, is labeled as the hero. Macduff’s loyalty and integrity contrasts with Macbeth’s dishonesty and moral perversion. Despite the distinct appearance of being different, both Macbeth and Macduff share some unique similarities.
To begin, Jack and Macbeth share a desperate and seemingly insatiable thirst for power. They both aspire to gain as much power and control as possible. Jack wants desperately to be chief of all the boys, like he is with the choir boys, and Macbeth agrees to killing the King to gain more power than the titles of Thane of Cawdor and Glamis already present him with. Jack makes his goal known by declaring, “‘I ought to be chief [...] because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.’” (Golding 28). Macbeth, however, must keep his aspirations quiet, and so, after agreeing with his wife, says: I am settled, and bend up. Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know. (1.7.79-82) . Jack, while sharing the same ambitions as Macbeth, is able to be much more vocal about it. He decides that he simply must be in charge
They both shared many qualities when it came to ambition taking over them. They both manipulated there way into power, and they also believed they were invincible. Hitler killed millions of innocent people and Macbeth killed the people that loved him. In Macbeth, Shakespeare shows us the side effects of ambition. It’s like a drug that makes you believe you are indestructible and makes you act irrational. For example it says, "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o 'erleaps itself, and falls on th 'other" (Macbeth). The quote illustrate Macbeth desire for more power, his ambition drives his reasoning for killing the king. This is how he justifies it to himself. He 's saying he as nothing against the king its just part of the prophecy and his desire to gain more power. Lady Macbeth is also to blame when it comes to the death of King Duncan, she was the one that questioned Macbeths manhood and pressured him into murdering Duncan. It says, “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o ' th ' milk of human kindness. To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without. The illness should attend it” (Macbeth). As you can see Macbeth has the ambition to get more power its just he is questioned if he would really have the nerve to kill
There was a common saying, “Behind every great man there's a great woman”. The men, Macbeth and Winston Smith in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and George Orwell’s 1984 may not be considered as the “great man” however, both Lady Macbeth and Julia are good examples that can be presented as the “great woman” behind the men. Both Lady Macbeth and Julia do an excellent job of pretending to be someone who they are not, they are not only affecting the men in their lives to rethink their previous position but also have a bad ending accompanied with physical and psychological issues.
Murder, once committed causes countless detrimental effects to follow instantaneously affecting not just the victim but countless others, including the culprits themselves. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone, both authors are able to build a major theme common to the works, that bloodshed can only lead to more bloodshed, through the character development of Macbeth and Ishmael Beah. Macbeth and Beah are forced into the vicious cycle of bloodshed, by a force greater than their own, through the act of a single murder. As these characters realize they no longer have the option of turning back, they begin to fear that they might lose what they value most through violence as they quickly see that they are engulfed
In the play, Macbeth by Shakespeare, Macbeth and King Duncan’s eldest son, Malcolm, plot to kill the king. Both characters share a few similarities and differences; each being shown with different motivations, different ways of speaking, their ambitions and their lineage.
Macbeth is a fearless warrior and an important lord who defends his King against treachery but his fatal flaw is ambition which he allows to be set into motion in his mind first by the witches’ prophecy and then the amount of ambition for him from his wife soon undermines his righteousness. He is not easily won over to committing the deed of treason and has many objections to the murder, however he is easily influence by his own desire to be King. This is the starting point of a violent and ruthless nature.