Shakespeare's Macbeth and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird are both timeless literary classics that are taught in many schools across the world today. Although the two works deal with different themes and contrasting stories, the two works are similar in terms of the warning that each work encapsulates. In both Macbeth and To Kill a Mockingbird, a warning against committing a morally wrong act is presented, a character disregards this warning to further their own intention and temporarily succeeds, and this character eventually suffers tragic consequences as a result of their sinful acts.
Firstly, both Macbeth and To Kill a Mockingbird express similar warnings to the reader against committing a morally unjust act, namely the persecution of the innocent to further one’s own …show more content…
Additionally, he recognizes that he is setting a bad example for others, by committing a “double” betrayal against Duncan, since Macbeth is both his subject, and his host for the night. Next, Macbeth reflects that since Duncan was a good and fair king, his “virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongu’d against / The deep damnation of his taking-off.” (Shakespeare 1.7.17-20) In other words, murdering Duncan is a clearly dishonourable act, and if Macbeth were to be discovered, he would suffer in terms of his reputation as well. In fact, when Macbeth contemplates his own motive to commit the murder, he finds only “Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’other--.” (Shakespeare 1.7.26-28) In this passage, Macbeth acknowledges that he is taking a bigger bite than he can chew, and that the consequences are not worth fulfilling his ambition. [ Conclusion word,] both Macbeth and To Kill a Mockingbird express the admonishment against undermining others for the cause of one’s own
Firstly, both Macbeth and To Kill a Mockingbird express similar warnings to the reader against committing a morally unjust act, namely the persecution of the innocent to further one’s own …show more content…
Additionally, he recognizes that he is setting a bad example for others, by committing a “double” betrayal against Duncan, since Macbeth is both his subject, and his host for the night. Next, Macbeth reflects that since Duncan was a good and fair king, his “virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongu’d against / The deep damnation of his taking-off.” (Shakespeare 1.7.17-20) In other words, murdering Duncan is a clearly dishonourable act, and if Macbeth were to be discovered, he would suffer in terms of his reputation as well. In fact, when Macbeth contemplates his own motive to commit the murder, he finds only “Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’other--.” (Shakespeare 1.7.26-28) In this passage, Macbeth acknowledges that he is taking a bigger bite than he can chew, and that the consequences are not worth fulfilling his ambition. [ Conclusion word,] both Macbeth and To Kill a Mockingbird express the admonishment against undermining others for the cause of one’s own