Similarities Between Macbeth And Macarthur

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Macbeth and MacArthur inner confliction The inner battle between light and dark can tear you up from the inside out. such as it did to Macbeth and Douglas MacArthur. Macbeth from The Tragedy of Macbeth was a soldier who excelled at battle and managed to eventually become king through evil deeds. Douglas MacArthur climbed his way up the ranks, but was also naturally talented in warfare planning and military action. The actions of both MacArthur and Macbeth show their rise and inevitable fall, is due to their hunger for power. Macbeth and MacArthur both have military backgrounds which contributes to their strong leadership skills, They also were both naturally very talented in the military aspects of the respective times. Also acting as if they are loyal to their leader, while it turns out that they are actually not. However, their rise to power seems to turn into two very different directions and how they reached their highest rank; …show more content…

They also have tend to have somewhat similar strengths and weaknesses such as their leadership in battle; but they are not exactly alike such as MacArthur being very stubborn and Macbeth being open to …show more content…

Altogether, Both had been born into the noble status that thrust them into their future careers and ended in their consequential downfall. Macbeth and Macarthur’s rise to power has been very different but the way that both of their stories ended were quite similar. But lastly, their fatal flaws and being unable to give these flaws up are what ended up ruining the both of them.Without a perfect combination of all these elements there is the possibility that their stories could have ended differently, instead of them both chasing after their fatal flaw which had ended up stripping them both of their