Comparing Betrayal In The Kite Runner 'And Macbeth'

Is there more than one way betrayal can change a person? Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Shakespeare's Macbeth provide two different examples of how betrayal can shape a person. In The Kite Runner, Amir, the main character, gives and also receives betrayal throughout the book. He failed to help Hassan in the alleyway as a child and discovers later as an adult that Baba was Hassan’s birth father, not just Amir’s. Macbeth, from Shakespeare’s famous Macbeth, continuously gives betrayal throughout the book. He kills King Duncan, his best friend Banquo, and many other noblemen. As Macbeth continues to give betrayal to people, he turns into a very deceitful person. Once Amir experienced betrayal he turned into a better person. Both characters experienced

In the beginning of the book wimpy Amir presents betrayal when he leaves Hassan helpless in the alleyway, even though he was at the scene the entire time and saw when “Assef motioned with his hand, and the other two boys separated… trapping Hassan in the alley…” (Hosseini 73) After seeing this “[he] bit on [his] fist. Shut [his] eyes” (Hosseini 73). Before the incident with Hassan took place, Amir failed to do anything other than hide behind a corner and wait for the long moment to be over before he ran away. He could have gotten help from someone in the village or told Baba or Ali later that night, even the next day. But he didn’t. A week later Ali, Hassan’s father, asked him “‘Did something happen to him, Amir agha? Something he’s not telling me?’” (Hosseini 81). But all Amir did was shrug and say “‘How should I know?’” Later in the

He’s amazing on the battlefield and is loyal to his king, until one day he comes across the weird sisters and his greed begins to get the best of him. Before he’s about to kill King Duncan he pictures a dagger. This dagger invites him in such a way that he says out