Comparing Peer Pressure In Macbeth And Genesis Three From The Bible

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Many people might argue that William Shakespeare steals from other earlier works, like the Bible. This is true when comparing Shakespeare's work The tragedy of Macbeth and Genesis three from the Bible where as both convey the theme of peer pressure. Although Macbeth is a brief retelling of Genesis three, Shakespeare does justify it by his excellent use of characters, irony, and suspense. Shakespeare has recreated the characters in Genesis three to craft a different story, setting, and overall theme. In Genesis Three the main characters, the snake, Eve, and Adam created their conflict because their wrong use of manipulation, motivation, and ambition. The snake manipulated Eve to think the wrong thing to do by eating the forbidden fruit, wasn’t wrong. She then motivated Adam to join him in eating the fruit and their wrong ambitions changed their life as they knew it. This is similar to Macbeth, but knowing shakespeare's work, this is a tragedy. Knowing the outcome is going to be greater than Genesis three, the overall theme will be different. Not to mention that Macbeth was written in a different setting with different people and a different story. …show more content…

The three witches manipulated Lady Macbeth to think that if her husband Macbeth killed the current king of Scotland, then he will become king. She then attempts to motivate him to do so and their wrong ambitions, of course end in tragedy. Macbeth is also set in medieval Scotland so their different lifestyles create a different way of thinking. Both stories had characters with wrong ambitions for different reasons. Of course, if you know the story of Genesis, you know our lives are not based on tragedy. This comes to show that Shakespeare justified Macbeth by his use of setting and overall different

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