According to Merriam Webster, betrayal means to hurt someone who trusts you, such as a friend, relative or partner by doing something morally wrong. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth and in “The Social Network” directed by David Fincher both protagonists seem trustworthy. However, through time both Macbeth and Mark Zuckerberg betray their friends, their partners and those around them. Eventually their deception leads to very negative outcomes. Both Macbeth and Mark Zuckerberg betray their friends. In Macbeth, Macbeth hires murderers to kill his best friend Banquo by stating, “Our fears in Banquo. Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be fear'd” (3.1.48-50). This quotation shows that Macbeth could not stand knowing that his best friend has a better chance of becoming king. In doing so,
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In Macbeth, Macbeth betrays Macduff when he finds out he might lose his power and says, “The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword. His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line” (3.1.150-154). This shows that Macbeth will betray the noble Macduff by killing his family. Macbeth does not want to fall from his power. However, in “The Social Network”, Mark betrays his girlfriend to make himself sound better than she is when he blogs, “Erica Albright's a bitch. You think that's because her family changed their name from Albrecht or do you think it's because all BU girls are bitches? For the record she may look like a 34C, but she's getting all kinds of help from our friends at Victoria's Secret. She's a 34B, as in barely anything there. False advertising.” (TSN). This shows that Mark, in fact is the type of person who betrays someone by making them look terrible to other people. In comparison to Macbeth, they both seem to value self-image more than value relationships. Therefore, Macbeth and Mark both betray people around
In Macbeth, Macbeth betrays Macduff when he finds out he might lose his power and says, “The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword. His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line” (3.1.150-154). This shows that Macbeth will betray the noble Macduff by killing his family. Macbeth does not want to fall from his power. However, in “The Social Network”, Mark betrays his girlfriend to make himself sound better than she is when he blogs, “Erica Albright's a bitch. You think that's because her family changed their name from Albrecht or do you think it's because all BU girls are bitches? For the record she may look like a 34C, but she's getting all kinds of help from our friends at Victoria's Secret. She's a 34B, as in barely anything there. False advertising.” (TSN). This shows that Mark, in fact is the type of person who betrays someone by making them look terrible to other people. In comparison to Macbeth, they both seem to value self-image more than value relationships. Therefore, Macbeth and Mark both betray people around