Is Macbeth Becoming A Bystander To Evil

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What is the potential danger to becoming a bystander to evil? Interview Bystander’s are everywhere that you go. Some you don’t really notice and some you look at and think why didn’t you do something? Being a bystander can affect you in many ways. In the book The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir watches his best friend, Hassan, that he grew up with get raped and beat and does nothing, “I’ll let you keep it so it will always remind you of what I’m about to do.”(73) The effects it had on him are described throughout the book, and they aren’t for the better. Even though Amir stood by and watched those horrible things, later in his life he changed himself and did what was needed to be done to regain his honor within …show more content…

In the beginning of the book, the main character Macbeth is a honorable man that stumbles upon 3 wicked witches that corrupt his mind. When Macbeth and the witches first meet, the witches tell him that he will be Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis, and king, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.”(17) The witch’s corrupt Macbeth’s mind with the fact that he can obtain these titles by doing certain things like killing Banquo to progress farther in his ranks. Toward the end of the book, Macbeth isn’t a bystander anymore, but an enemy to many to where he will be slain by a man who was not of woman born. During a battle, a man named Macduff comes and kills Macbeth, “And let the angel whom thou still hast served tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.”(185) Macbeth became the evil that he stood by from in the beginning. Questions that will be asked are: What is the potential danger to becoming a bystander to evil? Have you ever been a bystander? What was the situation? In the book The Kite Runner, Amir watches his best friends get raped. Is it bad that he didn’t help his friends because of the chance that he could of gotten raped too? What would you of done? Why do you think people choose to be a bystander instead of helping others? Ms.

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