It is clear to the readers of Macbeth by William Shakespeare that Macbeth crossed many lines in his ascent to the throne, what many people don’t realize is that he also crossed lines as ruler to his people. Francisco Franco was also a tyrant, but was very different in his rule. In general Macbeth had a strong sense of paranoia, power, and bloodlust that was lacking in Francisco Franco (Shakespeare; Preston). While Macbeth was murdering and making the common people suffer, Franco was trying to better his country, despite being misguided in his attempts (Shakespeare, Preston). To start off Franco came into power because of the Spanish civil war from 1936 to 1939 while Macbeth did come into power after a war it had little to no effect in his
