Compare And Contrast Macbeth And Stalin

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What would you do if you were another ordinary citizen living in a country who’s going through war and many of your relatives have been killed by dictators for expressing themselves?
Tyrant leaders such as MacBeth or Stalin leave their everlasting impact upon our society after their wars. These oppressive rulers will do anything to reach their ultimate goal; kill, torture, and deceive. Over twenty million guiltless lives were taken away during this perturb era by a single leader.
Although, this act of hostility is no where near acceptable, several positive propositions that were promised by these emperors could’ve impacted the nation for the better. In the late 1920’s; Joseph Stalin proposed several ideas to improve their economic and agricultural growth. According
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And after, the three prophecies Lady MacBeth and him were determined to gain the power promised through petty crimes. He is rewarded with Thane of Cawdor, when he kills the traitor; but this was only the beginning to his uprising. Shortly after the ceremony of his-- he decides to take it to another whole level as he’s stuck between a sin action or a deed. “I go, and this is done: the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.”(Act II). He’s very indecisive and says this just to emphasize that he’s 50/50 on this issue. As he deceives his identity throughout the book; it’ll eventually come back at him in the most reckoning possible way.
Both Stalin and MacBeth, stayed in office till death. Yet, both also have mixed reviews of what their society thinks of them. Many people have mixed opinions of them and many of them are like that because of what they may have done for them. Corruption and ambition are characteristics these two leaders have-- MacBeth may be a little more secretive, but he shows it off when he talks to the three murderers towards the end of the book; When they want Banquo and his son removed from the face of the

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