Rape Of Lucrece And Macbeth Comparison

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In both of William Shakespeare's works, The Rape of Lucrece and Macbeth there is an underlying connection between the characters, Tarquin and Macbeth because of the situations they are in. Both scenarios include a sneaky and secretive attack that will lead them to determine their fate and bring them to their end. Also Shakespeare makes an allusion to Tarquin in the poem that can be easily compared to Macbeth because he wanted to reference Tarquin's slyness and anxiousness before he attacks Lucrece to Macbeth. For example, when Tarquin walks into Lucrece's chamber door he prays for his mission to succeed because God will accept this as a sin and he knows there will be consequences. Even though Tarquin knows this, he goes into Lucrece's room according to Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece, "Now is he [Tarquin] come unto the chamber-door, That shuts him from the heaven of his thought." This demonstrates that Tarquin chooses desire over reason and really is attracted to Lucrece, the most beautiful woman in Rome that he couldn't stop himself. Similiarily, in Macbeth, Macbeth is outside Duncan's room and says, "Thou marshall’st me the way that I was going, And such an instrument I was to use.Mine eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses..." This reveals how Macbeth is hallucinating a floating …show more content…

He sees blood splotches on the dagger and knows this is the perfect time to kill Duncan because it symbolizes exactly what he is about to do. After both attacks,

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