2. Introduction
Literation is a reflection of the society where characters and themes from
the past are still relevant in the modern community.
For example, one of the main themes in Shakespeare’s tragic play
Macbeth is ‘the corrupting Powered of Unchecked Ambition.’
The author focuses on revealing the destruction realized when the
ambitions of members of the society go unchecked by moral constraints.
Such actions and the results have found a way in contemporary society
with politicians serving as examples of people who misuse power.
.Antony Weiner, a former member of the US House of Representatives, is
a case example in this context. The member from New York City has had
multiple sex scandals related to sexting.
.His first scandal began when he was a Democratic U’S congressional
representative, where he used his twitter account to send a link with a
sexually suggestive picture of himself to a woman of 21 years old.
In this presentation, we will compare Macbeth and the politician.
3. Misuse of Power
The politician, Antony Weiner, represents an example of Macbeth
in politics today who misuse their power.
The politician, just like other politicians in the modern world, has
had his tragic flaw due to arrogance (Gamson, 2016).
Winer, like the development of the theme in Macbeth, was so
arrogant that images were able to get out, pictures that should
have been sending to her mistress
.Such sexual photos that surfaced on his twitter made his scandal
start.
Moreover, the politician was also arrogant that he thought that he
would convince people to believe that his account was hacked;
hence he could be at the end of the scandal (Van Meter, 2013).
However, as in Macbeth, the expectations flopped and were
impossible necessitating him to resign.
Wiener’s political ambitions became unrealistic due to the
arrogance and inability to control his immoral behavior while in a
position of influence.
4. Balance between Morality and Immorality
Additionally, while politicians can try to perform all manner of good
things, such deeds can be quickly overshadowed or tarnished by one
or simple immoral aspects.
Such is due to the position of influence they hold and several people
who scrutinize their life daily.
In the court case of the United States of America vs. Antony Weiner,
the judge, Jed Rakoff, noted that, when the right deeds balance with
the wrong, a person should be sentenced.
“If ever a man is to receive credit for the good he has done, and his
immediate misconduct assessed in the context of his overall life
hitherto, it should be in the moment of his sentencing, when his very
future hangs in the balance. ” (United States of America, Vs.
Anthony Weiner, 2017)
The sentiments imply that one should work out to avoid immoral
deeds and have the first acts more to save him in every situation.
5. Agents of Human Evil
Lastly, Macbeth reveals the nature of corruption and evil in the
human soul.
Shakespeare portrays evil as the opposite of humanity and the
deviation from such, which he defines as natural for
humankind, yet the writer roots evil to the human heart
(Shakespeare, 2001).
Unnatural and supernatural are the agents of human beings and
not their instigators.
The case is similar to that of Weiner, where like Macbeth, he is
not compelled and tempted by the woman he sent the sexually
suggestive pictures, but it was his own repressive ambition of
centralized sources of power (Babazadeh, 2016).
It is therefore evident that the desires of a person especially
after assuming positions of power can lead him to a tragic
situation like in Macbeth and Antony Weiner.
6. Reference
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Chozick, A., & Healy, P. (2016). Anthony Weiner and Huma
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Gamson, J. (2016). Scandal in the Age of Sexting.
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