Similarities Between Frankenstein And Macbeth

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Has your desire to want something taken you over? Sometimes your aspiration consumes your thoughts and that is all you can think of but is there a point where it becomes dangerous? In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” we learn about two characters whose passion consumes their life both literally and figuratively. In each story, the characters both have a goal that they want to achieve, but their intentions lead them to a loss of friendship and a cause of death. This dangerous ambition is exposed in the novel “Frankenstein.” After Victor has created the monster he says “For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished,