Comparing Macbeth And Lord Of The Flies

All good leaders find a tyrant or all tyrants have a good leader stand in their way. King Duncan of Ireland had his life taken away by the following tyrant and former friend Macbeth from Shakespeare’s Macbeth; The young Ralph and the anarchist island lord, Jack from The Lord of the Flies. Many more are known throughout each story, however only a few pose as actual threats to these prime leaders outside their tyrants. Each leader has certain qualities that make them leaders; the identical instance goes for tyrants. An analysis done on both The Lord of the Flies and Macbeth reveals four main leaders and tyrants: Macbeth, Macduff, Jack, and Ralph.

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth was never a tyrant to begin with; he was seduced by the thought of being king in regard to a message from three witches. He ponders on this until he returns home when he spoke with Lady Macbeth about it; she wanted him to kill King Duncan and take the throne. As Macbeth states, As a subject and of kin, he does not wish to kill Duncan. However, as a host, he will kill him, but will not bear the knife himself.(Shakespeare 1.7. 13-16). This is the

Macbeth was tyrannous to his people and even his friends, forcing innocent lives to be taken from those who did no wrong doing. Jack’s influence killed Piggy and Simon in Lord of the Flies, and drove himself to create a tribe dedicated to killing. However, both tyrants had their opposing leaders, Macduff and Ralph. Macduff was no leader, but became one just so he may restore a proper monarchy to Ireland and to get vengeance for his family. Ralph was just a guy with a conch, but that conch did like the mask for Jack. It gave Ralph a sense of courage and self empowerment to take on Jack, and though he lost, he did manage to keep his life in the end. All tyrants have their end, and all leaders have a beginning just to rise from the ashes of those