Macbeth is a play written by a poet. Shakespeare’s first love was poetry and before Shakespeare wrote plays he wrote poems. Macbeth was written around 1606, during which time James 1 of England, formerly James IV of Scotland, was in rule. It is believed that Shakespeare was friends with James and Macbeth takes place in Scotland to honor him. As Macbeth is written by a former poet Macbeth is written in poetry and to end each scene Shakespeare used rhyming couplets. The rhyming couplets are composed of two lines of equal length that complete one thought and tell the audience that a scene is ending. Dark Places was written by Gillian Flynn a novelist that loves writing about dark mysteries. Although Flynn wanted to be a police/crime reporter she didn’t have the guts for it, and later became a fiction writer; mainly writing about mysteries. Most of Flynn’s books take a dark twist that relate back to things she heard or read about during her childhood like, the book In Cold Blood by ____. In Cold Blood was a book about dead bodies being found in a farm house, giving Flynn the idea for Dark Places. Dark Places does not use poetry but instead it uses imagery, symbolism and metaphors such as “____” (Talk about the quote) Macbeth and Dark Places have different writing styles due to the type of writing the writer preferred and the time period the writer
Towards the end, The Controller agrees with the claim that happiness is a poor substitute for passion, but needed to keep a society stable. After The Controller, explains why things like the feelies are used, the savage refutes their purpose saying that, “they’re told by an idiot”. Similarly In Shakespeare the character, Macbeth, says exactly what the savage says, but Is speaking about life instead of a play. When Huxley alludes to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, he brings the same feeling of distress to bear on that what they are speaking about has no meaning. Helmholtz agrees with the Savage. He believes that all of his work is essentially "told by an idiot" because it doesn't address anything real. Even though he knows this, he doesn’t know how to
William Shakespeare’s historical play, Julius Caesar, is a tragic display of betrayals of friendship due to power. A betrayal of friendship is shown when conspirators -which consisted of close friends to Julius Caesar –plan against him in fear of Rome putting him in the position to be a dictator. Following the brutal murder, citizens of Rome are upset with the conspirators, so they start an uprising against them. Realizing what they have done and the trouble that they have made, the conspirators feel incredibly guilty, especially Marcus Brutus, who was Caesar’s closest friend. One after another, the conspirators take their own lives as a result of the heavy burden of guilt they brought upon themselves. Shakespeare’s display of multiple rhetorical
Both of the Macbeths want the king's powers but don't want the blame of his death. In the play it reads “As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar upon his death”(1.7.78-79). Lady Macbeth wants the king's power and the only way to get it is if he’s dead. Macbeth come back and says “I have done the deed”(2.2.14). Macbeth killed King Duncan because Lady Macbeth forced him to for the power. Macbeth did the deed but Lady Macbeth goes behind him and
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare is a play about the death of Julius Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, the main character, is murdered by friends that he trusts because he was power crazy. The conspirators kill Caesar because Caesar was going to take the crown and become king. In Act two scene one of Julius Caesar the character playing Brutus, Caesar's best friend, uses foreshadowing to show what is going to happen next by saying “The only way is to kill Caesar. I have no personal reason to strike at him—only the best interest of the people” (Shakespeare II, 1, 10-35). Caesars characters importance and Brutus’s feeling are revealed in the siliques in act II scene 1, lines 10-34 of the play Julius Caesar.
Both MacBeth and Lady MacBeth react differently from seeing so much blood and killing innocent men, women, and children. Lady MacBeth, in the fifth act, has become overwhelmed with guilt that she has gone insane. "Out, dammed spot! Out, I say! One- two- why then tis’ time to do ’t. Hell is murky.- Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?" Lady MacBeth is in fear that someone would accuse MacBeth and herself for the murder of Duncan. She is tries to get rid of the evidence, the blood that has stained her hands, that could hold her guilty for the death of Duncan.
Secondly Lady Macbeth shows more ambition then Macbeth does in terms of gaining power regarding kingship. When Macbeth does not want to murder Duncan anymore, for he recognizes that he is a kind man, good king and thinks Duncan should remain the king. Lady Macbeth however shows more ambition for power, becomes very upset upon learning how Macbeth feels how he doesn’t want to kill King Duncan anymore, she says “And Live a coward in thine own esteem” (1.7.46) meaning she’s calling him a coward for not wanting to kill Duncan and thereby gaining power. She convinces him to change his mind to want the power of kingship now, which can only be achieved by killing Duncan.
Julius Caesar is one of the best known historical figures to come out of ancient Rome; he is also the basis of William Shakespeare’s tragedy called Julius Caesar, although this heavily contrasts the actual events. Taking place in ancient Rome; the main character of Brutus begins to fear for the future of Rome when he learns that his arrogant, and presumptuous friend, Julius Caesar, could possibly become king. In response to this he goes along with a conspiracy to kill Caesar. After Caesar has died Brutus, and Caesar's dear friend Antony speak at his funeral. At the funeral Brutus gives a speech about why Caesar needed to die, conversely Antony gives a speech about why the killing of Caesar was appalling, pertinent and unnecessary. He presents a much more intensive and persuasive speech, using plentiful rhetorical devices.
In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, there are a lot of deaths and suicides. Shakespeare, who some consider the greatest writer of all time, has written about love, backstabbing, and heartbreak. But, Julius Caesar is a bit different. The primary focus of the story is betrayal and the way the characters moved on from it, or just did not move on at all. The historical Roman, Julius Caesar, is the main character and got betrayed by his most trusted people, Cassius and Brutus. Although Caesar did not choose his death, it could be stated that Cassius and Brutus got over the act of killing Caesar committing suicide, rather than face the consequences of their decisions. But, each may have had their own reasons behind their ultimate decisions.
Hitler and Macbeth are extremely similar in multiple ways, but there are two main points. Their desire for power, and their drive to push through anything in their way. These two people, one fictional and one not, were extremely powerful, possible the most powerful people of their time.
These two acts are not only reflections of each other but also, one is the consequence or the results of the other. These two acts have the same setting; that is in Macbeth’s Castle and the context too is practically the same (planning for a murder) but the only difference is that the initiators of this act (murder) are different for the two acts. That is, Lady Macbeth in Act 1 scene 5 and Macbeth in Act 3 scene 2.
William Shakespeare had tragedy in Macbeth. Macbeth had been a Thane, which is a noble. Lady Macbeth wants to be Queen of Scotland in Macbeth wants to be king no matter what it takes Macbeth was going be king and Lady Macbeth was going to be queen. Lady Macbeth was a very strong mind person. Lady Macbeth suffered from the effect of bipolar and schizophrenia.
When Macbeth informed Lady Macbeth of the witches and their prophecy she asked the evil spirits to make Macbeth ashamed of everything that prevents him from becoming evil enough to be King. However, Macbeth wondered how he would become king and if it would be rightly given to him or if he would have to take it by force. This shows how the hunger for power is more dominant in Lady Macbeth than in Macbeth.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both wanted to be crowned king and queen of Scotland. They did whatever they could to secure their positions as rulers of scotland. They were both similar in the aspect of both are driven by ambition. They are the type of people who get what they want no matter what. One of my sources has a good way of explaining the main points. They are set up by stages.
The way Macbeth questions and thinks about killing the king shows that he knows that killing the king is wrong and that he will feel guilty if he does so. On the other hand, Lady Macbeth never questions or worries about killing the king. She never worries that they will be caught and never worries that she will feel guilty. Unlike Macbeth, she never weighs up what they are going to do and instead jumps straight into it without thinking.