How Is Macbeth Similar To Hitler

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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.
Macbeth and Hitler both desired power. Macbeth didn’t want power the whole play, but he was tempted by the witches into thinking one day he would be a King. Hitler always desired power, and he had power as the Dictator of Germany. (INTRO TO QUOTE) “Do you realize that you are in the presence of the greatest German of all time?” (Langer 7). This is just egocentric. It’s obvious that Hitler was greedy for power. It’s all he desired. He was in a constant state of power trip, where he felt was happy when he had power over everybody else. (INTRO TO QUOTE) “Even till destruction sicken, answer me to what I ask you.” (Shakespeare IV.i.62-63). As the play progressed, the reader could visibly see Macbeth turn less innocent and more self-indulgent. This is a work of the …show more content…

Hitler specifically betrayed his followers and citizens living in Germany, when he abused his power, killed the Jews in a mass genocide, and on a lesser note, discriminated. Macbeth killed two underservant people so far in Macbeth, Banquo, and King Duncan. He only did this because they were in his way. “Counteractive need for Dominance, Superiority” (Murray 8). This quote is the heading to another sub-paragraph, talking about how Hitler feels inferior without power. This completely explains why he pushes everybody in his way out, through brute force, and violence. “I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?” (II.ii.18). This quote is talking about how Duncan was inferior to Macbeth. Macbeth even went to the extreme to kill King Duncan just to get what he wants, or what the witches

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