Similarities Between Donald Trump And Macbeth

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In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth it is taught of how one’s ambition can take the wrong turn to be confused for greed. Macbeth used the advice of the witches to determine his journey of becoming king. Throughout the story Macbeth takes the prophecy of the witches and acted in an evil manner by going on a killing spree. In order to become king he thought that the easiest way was to annihilate anyone that could stop him from doing so. Everyone has some sort of ambition to become the best of the best as no one would like to fall short to anyone. Donald trump was a man with a vision that he thought could possibly become president of the United States. Trump used his multi-millionaire company to help him get ahead in his journey of reaching his goal. Both titles of King and President can be compared as one because the president and king is ultimately above all. Donald Trump and Macbeth are two people that share the same characteristics of how they used their ambition and greed to come out on top to ultimately become kings. Both men are well known in society today for their ability to overcome obstacles, their ability to degrade …show more content…

Macbeth’s way of overcoming obstacles were by killing anyone that came in his way. Killing Duncan is where it all started, and he found himself not being able to stop. Trump’s way of overcoming obstacles is also by killing others in some type of way. Everything Trump does, he does it big. Hillary lost to Trump by 270-232 electoral votes. Trump killed Hillary in the election because of lot of polls said Hillary was going to win, but on election night Trump by a lot of votes. Both men trumped over their opponents and came out on top. Trump came over his opponents and is now currently the President-elect of the United States. Macbeth went on his killing spree and came out to be the King of the

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