Violence In Macbeth And The Party

Shakespeare and Orwell connect the values and beliefs of their readers when exploring violence in their novels Macbeth and 1984 through Macbeth himself and The Party. The novels both have a similar message about violence, but share it a different ways. In Macbeth the violence comes directly from Macbeth. In 1984 Winston shares about the violence of The Party from his view. The stories give two different views into the violence.

Many characters have roles in the novels that fuel the fire and take responsibility for the violence. Macbeth gets his prophecy that he will become king from the witches. Winston starts rebelling against the Party and starts violence that way. Macbeth’s own ambition and his wife push him to obtain that prophecy. He lets his wife get the best of himself and kills Duncan to become the king. Julia pushes Winston; she initiates their meeting and encourages him to rebel. Some could say that without he woman both men would not have gone through with their plans. Violence

The Party in 1984 chooses to lose their emotions in order to have power and total control of their citizens, while Macbeth chooses to in order to maintain his power and not feel bad when someone he cares about dies. Macbeth gets over his wife’s death quickly and shows no empathy. The Party kills people they are threatened by or break the law and then erase their existence so people cannot remember their loved ones. Macbeth goes as far as killing his good friend Banquo for power, whereas the Party forbids relationships because they feel that they would lose followers from their connections with other humans. Macduff fights against Macbeth and kills the people in Macbeth’s army even though they would not have known about the horrid things Macbeth did in order to keep his power. Winston and Julia would commit any violence, either physical or psychological in order to dethrone the Party from their