2. • Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” is of increasing importance and relevance
in contemporary society,
• particularly through his exploration of political and ethical values. The
play’s exploration of ambition shows us the negative effects of what is
normally considered a positive trait,
3. • Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” continues to remain relevant to
contemporary society through his explorationn of ambition, a political
and ethical value that is a double-edged sword, able to provide success
and catastrophic failure.
• The latter applies to Macbeth, whose ambition is awakened by the three
witches’ prophesy, setting him on a destructive path that eventually
leads to his death.
• The themes of greed or excessive ambition are still, very relevant to our
society at present. Many people crave power, recognition, and money.
Shakespeare did get it right - his story of Macbeth still applies to today's
world, in which ambition or excessive greed is quite prevalent.
4. • Jealousy, power, unleashed corruption that is normalized and rationalized by
both main characters. This exists today.
• The main theme of “the Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition” is
dealing with a blind lust for power capable of anything while the parallel
theme of “Guilt and Remorse” deals with the effects of bad deeds on the
deepest innards of human nature.
• All of us have moments in our lives in which we must choose between
goodness and greed, and, when we choose poorly, our lives, our families and
even our countries turn out to be just as fragile. It is in the blood of most
people to desire more power but it is some that take it further into an
obsession which leads to improper actions. Macbeth shows us what the lure
of power can do, and how it can make a person blind to moral reason and
common sense
5. • The main moral message is about naked, unchecked, almost brutal ambition, and the
lengths that a person will pursue it to achieve ultimate power.
• William Shakespeare's Macbeth and, Nazi leader Adolf Hitlerare of similar character because they both
had similar rises to power, they were both murders, and were both very ambitious.
• Macbeth killed King Duncan in order to become the King. Once Macbeth had decided,
he does not deviate. Although the war was hopelessly lost by early 1945, Hitler insisted
that Germans fight on to the death and in early 1943 he refused to admit defeat at the
battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), bringing death to vast numbers of German
troops. They were both violent and ruthless. Both Macbeth and Hitler died when they
realized that their ambition could not be fulfilled. Hitler committed suicide on 30 April
1945, while Macbeth was killed by Macduff. Both Macbeth and Hitler were not guilty
for what they had done. Both of them were vicious in the things they do. Macbeth
killed Banquo when he did not even discuss it with Lady Macbeth before
6. • hese fictional characters Macbeth, and one actual person Adolf Hitler,
had many things in common with each other. They wanted power either
over a country, or over the people they loved. Both of these people were
all mentally ill and had very controlling tendencies. You actually are
sickened by the crimes they committed, because in the beginning they
showed great promise of what they could have been capable of. That is
why I feel that even those these fictional characters came from different
books and Adolf Hitler an actual person have similarities. There are
people obsessed with power and greed all over the world. Macbeth
the character and Adolf Hitler the German leader both have things in
common
7. • Macbeth and Hitler were very good at impressing people at first, and
then used their political power to do horrible things to people. This
shows you should really evaluate who you put into power. Macbeth
came into power; just like Hitler; both men found nothing wrong with
killing innocent people, both men came across like great noble leaders
in the beginning. Do you want a leader in your country that is power
hungry, and does whatever it takes to achieve supreme dominance?
The fictional people in Scotland in Macbeth; and the people
in Germany during Hitler’s rein; never could have anticipated what was
going to happen. They say history always repeats itself.
8. • The best example of this is the “Arab Spring”, a series of uprisings in
middle eastern and African countries where the people attempted to
depose their long-time dictators.
• Inn the 2011 Libyan civil war, Colonel Gadhafi bombed his own people in
a futile attempt to keep his power, and similarly to Macbeth; this did
nothing to prevent his inevitable downfall.
• It’s parallels like this that make ‘Macbeth’ still important and relevant in
today’s society, we must learn about the effects that power can have on
someone, and how to prevent them from losing control.
9. • The plot of The Lion King is astonishingly similar to that of Macbeth. In the
start of Macbeth, King Duncan’s death is planned when Macbeth is told by
the Three Witches that he can claim the throne if Duncan passes away
before Malcolm is of age. Macbeth plans with Lady Macbeth the murder of
King Duncan. After King Duncan is pronounced dead and murdered, his
sons flee the area out of fear they might be next.
• In The Lion King, Scar (being Macbeth) wants to get rid of Mufasa so that he
can take over the Pride Lands with the help of the hyenas (the hyenas being
the three witches) before Simba is of age. He does this by murdering
Mufasa and manipulating the mind of innocent cub Simba to think it was his
fault his father is dead. Scar convinces Simba that if he stays, everyone will
hate him for killing his own father.
