Malcolm III of Scotland

with prophecies about his future. As Macbeth is already Thane of Glamis, they predict that he will also become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland. He is filled with prosperity but quickly gets impatient. He juggles with the idea of letting fate play out; he thinks whether he should wait for his time to come or if he should kill King Duncan and/or his son Malcolm to get the throne. “On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my…

The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, are compositions that are so similarly structured but differ on some intertwining details. Both oeuvres have the principal characters illustrated alike. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, and Michael Corleone, son of the godfather, both begin as relegated characters who are somewhat perceived as ineffective and innocent. They are abruptly prone to become extremely different personalities in contrast to their…

power to himself. "I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o 'erleaps itself/ And falls on the other--" (Shakespeare I.7.25-28). Macbeth, perfectly honest, admits that Duncan is a great king and is good for Scotland. But due to the surplus of thoughts, ignited by the prophecies, he tampers with this idea of becoming king. These thoughts of ambition lead to the murder of Duncan, which will start his reign of terror and madness, resulting in his…

here is the tempting serpent and, of course, is also the deceived. In that Macbeth is a man in a fallen world, the play concerns the further fall of man-the loss of his soul. But in that Macbeth stands closest to royal favor (with the exception of Malcolm) in a potentially redeemable world, his fall parallels that of Lucifer, who stood closest to God (with the exception of the…

his fate and to the remainder of people left in the castle, he hesitantly bellows "Ring the alarum bell! Blow wind, come wrack; At least we'll die with harness on our back." (V, v, 50-51). Macbeth ended up with a surrounded castle, by the forces of Malcolm and Macduff. Macbeth is encountered by Macduff, but though he is not totally afraid, Macbeth roughly is aware of what is to happen to himself. Macbeth is ready to go on the offensive as Macduff to Macbeth, is not of woman born. Macduff in rage…