The Similarities Between Macbeth And Joseph Stalin

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Macbeth and Joseph Stalin are two equal tyrants in different eras both known for their unearthly authority that they fought against the common people, but isn't talked along as much as other historical figures. Macbeth was an unreasonable ruler that would kill anyone who dared defy him; the same can be said about Stalin. He comes to say " Death solves all problems – no man, no problems – Rybakov, Anatoly" this proves that Stalin, who a lot like Macbeth but, leaders like this only leave people to ask how does someone like Macbeth and Stalin get into power in the first place? Both Macbeth and Stalin are twisted leaders that would manipulate anything as they see fit for good or bad they had absolute rule. Power like this didn’t come from nowhere they had to gotten it from somewhere? …show more content…

The Gulag was first established under Vladimir Lenin during the early Bolshevik years (c.1920). The vast penal network, which ultimately included 476 camp complexes, functioned throughout Russia, many in the wastes of Siberia and the Soviet Far East. The system reached its peak after 1928 under Joseph Stalin, who used it to maintain the Soviet state by keeping its populace in a state of terror. Gulag deaths of both political prisoners and common criminals from overwork, starvation, and other forms of maltreatment are estimated to have been in the millions during Stalin's years in power. (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia)" it is said that Stalin is the greatest killer of history; Macbeth's people not as bad but, suffered the same conditions mainly starvation. The only thing that separates Macbeths people from Stalin's is that they could left the country a lot