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William Shakespeare created two great novels, Macbeth and Hamlet. William Shakespeare invented the form of tragedy, by introducing a character to a physical or mental flaw. This is what Shakespeare is known for, his wonderful plot ideas and tragedies brought the audiences to an understanding of how the character made the choices they did and why.
In the novel Macbeth, the main character Macbeth undergoes challenges and trials that lead him to his tragic flaw, seeking power and position. Do to his flaw he becomes king of Scotland, but the same flaw also causes Macbeth to degrade. In the novel Hamlet, King Claudius experiences his tragic flaw which is the ambition for power. Claudius’s tragic flaw and drive causes him to kill his brother to become king, and also causes him to come closer to his death. King Claudius and Macbeth both share similarities such as ambition for power and there guilt for becoming king, there differences in dealing with people ultimately control their destinies.
Claudius’s ambition to become king leads him to undertake a crime, the murder of his own brother. Claudius, determined to kill his brother, devised a deceptive plan. A plan to kill and erase all evidence. Claudius’s deceptive plan consisted of poison which would be poured down King Hamlets ear will he slept. Claudius’s scheme worked and there was no traces of his brothers death. Claudius becomes king, aware of his ambition says, “That cannot be, since I am still possessed / Of those effects for which I did the murder: / My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen”(3.3.56-58). King Claudius says, that his motives were ambition and the queen. This quote is important because it shows what was the reasons for the killing of the king. This quote expl...

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Macbeth and King Claudius both become kings by mere ambition. Macbeth forms a strategic plan to overthrow King Duncan in a scheme, he succeeded in his conquest. King Claudius became ruler of Denmark by killing the king, his brother. This is one of the similarities Macbeth and Hamlet share. The second similarity incorporated between these two characters is guilt. Guilt causes Macbeth and King Claudius to feel remorse for their deeds but it also causes them to sleep as guilty kings. The difference between Macbeth and King Claudius are the ways they deal with threats. Macbeth sees Macduff’s family as a threat so Macbeth sentences the family to death. While King Claudius takes precautions and sends hamlet off to England. Both King Claudius and Macbeth comprise of ambition, guilt, and ways of dealing with people, which ultimately brought them to their Death.

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