A Comparison Of Power In Macbeth And Animal Farm

An eternal quest for power can serve as a catalyst to a much greater impulse that could reflect an individual’s efforts of achieving it. The potential of a human being can influence the drive of achieving one’s earnest desires that could earn the respect of others. This deciding factor can either “make or break” their efforts of attaining these wanted results. In texts such as Macbeth, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and several historical documents relating that of totalitarian dictators of the 20th and 21st century, all develop an association with one another within their beliefs, actions, and traits to achieve power which suggests the commonality of similar shown behaviors.

Deeds such as mass killings

Stalin, a well-known dictator of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, committed the “Great Purge” as a way to remove enemies and undesirable individuals from taking his power. As mentioned, “In 1934, Stalin turned against members of the Communist Party. In 1937, he launched the Great Purge, a campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power” (Beck, Black, Krieger, Naylor, and Sjabala 441). The “Great Purge” was a scheme Stalin used to consolidate his absolute power from any risks of it being taken away. This ensured his title and remove any real, or potential opposition to his ideologies. Also, it was a method to intimidate anyone who revolts and would not blindly abide his orders without any questions. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth also did his share of mass killings with individuals such as Duncan, Banquo, Macduff's wife and son, and young Siward. In like manner, “I go, and it is done. The bell invites me. /Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell /That summons thee to heaven or to hell” (Shakespeare II.i.62-64). After much

Kim Jong Un, notoriously known as the supreme leader of North Korea inculcate his intentions into his citizens through means of stripping their freedom away, as stated, “Under the rule of Kim Jong-Un, North Korea remains among the world’s most repressive countries. All basic freedoms have been severely restricted under the Kim family’s political dynasty… North Korea operates secretive prison camps where perceived opponents of the government are sent to face torture and abuse, starvation rations, and forced labor. Fear of collective punishment is used to silence dissent. There is no independent media, functioning civil society, or religious freedom” (hrw.org). Kim Jong-Un does not want any of his citizens to go against the regime so he restricted any freedom including the freedom of speech, but those who do were quickly executed to hide the truth so no one from the outside world will know any knowledge of the isolated country. His obsessive control restricts any revolts from his people and uses that to his advantage. People are afraid to speak out because it would cause some consequences towards themselves and their family. In Orwell’s Animal Farm, Napoleon behaves similarly in relation to Kim Jong-Un. For this reason, “All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their