Human Weaknesses In Macbeth And Lord Of The Flies

Both the authors, William Golding and William Shakespeare highlight severe human weakness in the novel Lord of the Flies and the play Macbeth respectively. This was deliberately done in response to their profound yet interesting lives that they had experienced as a human. This is evident as; Lord of the Flies was portrayed as an allegorical microcosm of the world Golding was involved in, which included real-life violence and brutality of the World War II. Perhaps, it was intended by the author to lead a multiple layered exploration of cruelty and evilness as a key façade of human weakness. This is illustrated in the novel through the destruction of rules and civilization within the island and the descendent of the characters into savagery. On the other hand, Shakespeare writes Macbeth in order to accentuate vaulting ambition as a crucial human weakness. He explores this through alluding to a real-life chronicle of a …show more content…
Chiefly, Ralph and Lady Macbeth both are representation of the central characters without their weakness and therefore clashes between these characters, allows the authors to truly expose the flaws within Jack and Macbeth. However, Ralph and Lady Macbeth both stood for juxtaposing aspects. Ralph truly supported civilization and good whereas Lady Macbeth portrayed sinister thoughts and evil. This contrast suggests the change in the central characters. For instance, Macbeth was initially a valiant and truthful person but however changed due to the influence of other characters such as Lady Macbeth and mainly because of his weakness of having a strong ambition. Unlikely, Ralph never influenced Jack for his instincts yet tried to make him realize of his inner darkness; connoting Jack always bared his weakness but strongly worsened it