Comparison Between Macbeth And Two Conflicts In Shakespeare's Macbeth

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I think that Macbeth, and I, while very different, have a lot of the same conflicts in our lives. We both have peer pressure being put on us, we both feel guilty when we do something bad, and we both have a problem with overthinking everything we do.
When Lady Macbeth pressures Macbeth into stuff, it's like when my friends try to pressure me into things that I know aren't right, and could get me in a lot of trouble. They are the same, because they both show how friends can easily change your mind to make you do things you don't want to do, or know you shouldn't do. This conflict helps me understand the play a little because I can relate to how hard it can be to say no.
When Banquo started figuring out that Macbeth killed the king, Macbeth
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My similar experience isn't seeing ghosts, because that would be creepy. My similar conflict is when I do something, and I feel guilty about it. When I do something bad, I usually regret it immediately. When I start to regret it, I start feeling butterflies in my stomach, and it bothers me, until I do the right thing. I can start getting shaky, and jump at every noise, thinking I got caught. Both Macbeth, and my conflicts are the same, yet they are very different. They are the same because we both feel guilt after we do something bad, and it messes with our lives. They are also similar because Macbeth can't sleep after he commit's these crimes. I have the same problem. When I did something bad, or something that can hurt someone else, I can’t sleep at all. There are two main differences between Macbeth’s conflict, and my conflict. Macbeth killed someone, and I never killed anyone, because again, that's mean, and illegal. The second main difference is that Macbeth sees ghosts, and freaks out about it, while otherwise, I don’t have much …show more content…
When the three sisters told Macbeth all of that stuff, he put it in action. If the witches never told him anything, he would have never killed the king, and had all of these conflicts. I’ve experienced similar conflicts when people tell me stuff, that get my hopes up, and they don't come true. When that happens it makes me want to put them into action, and I don't always get them in the fair, legal, or moral way. I can admit, I've done some bad things to get what I want, but my ambition was just too strong to not do anything about them. Both of our conflicts are very similar! They are almost the same thing. We both got our hopes up, from someone telling us something, and we both put them into action ourselves to get what we wanted. The main differences are that for one, I didn’t kill someone because of it, and secondly, I didn’t get told by witches because that would just be silly. It helped me understand the story because I know why Macbeth would take action into his own hands because the suspense kills you when you have something amazing put into your

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