What do frankenstein and macbeth have in common

Page 1. Save View my saved documents Submit similar document. Share this Facebook. Extracts from this document Introduction Compare the ways in which Macbeth and Frankenstein are presented as flawed heroes.

Middle Shakespeare was also very quick to identify Macbeth's flaw as he immediately realises after the witches prophecy that murdering Duncan is the fastest way to the throne within the same scene "murder yet is but fantastical". Conclusion The darkness shows that Macbeth has entered a world of horror and nightmare, and as the darkness increases around Macbeth it shows him slowly becoming more and more evil until finally he is driven insane.

The above preview is unformatted text. Found what you're looking for? Not the one? Search for your essay title How is the creature presented in chapters of Frankenstein? Frankenstein doesn't have any heroes or villains, only victims.

Do you agree with this Compare the Creation Scene in James Whale's Frankenstein and Kenneth Brannagh's Frankenstein very tired and weary later on after the creation, perhaps indicating mental exhaustion and that he knows he has done wrong.

See more essays. Over , pieces of student written work Annotated by experienced teachers Ideas and feedback to improve your own work. Frankenstein wants to create something innovative and astonishing, something that he can be remembered for and something that will push the boundaries of life and science. Unlike Frankenstein, Macbeth is completely consumed by his ambition to kill.

He has to commit murder to achieve his goals and his ambition is a major factor in what leads him to do so. Macbeth is already in a highly regarded position within his kingdom, but once he has had a taste of this newfound power, his desire for more cannot be stopped. The two pieces of writing have both similar and different characteristics between them. It can be argued that the texts present much of the same story line, only written in very different time periods.

Despite the different time periods that they were written in, both of the stories contain a dark and supernatural atmosphere which evokes feelings of terror in readers.

He was bent on being king, so much so that he compromised everything to become the king. All of his ambition and efforts were directed at becoming king and staying king. To him, this required the murder of the previous king, King Duncan. Later on we see that he has even more innocent men, women, and children killed in hopes of sealing his position of power. In Macbeth, upon being told by the three witches that he will become King of Scotland, he becomes obsessed over the idea.

He desperately wants to be King of Scotland that he even dreams of it. Lady Macbeth is completely behind the idea of Macbeth being King that she plans the death of Duncan and then belittles Macbeth for not being able to process it.

In Frankenstein, Victor is a very intelligent scientist. He wants to know everything there possibly is to know, which is far too much for a normal person. He uses this thirst to create a life himself, which he absolutely repulses after creating it.

In reality, it is a big stepping stone in the field of science but it was completely blasphemous and un-natural. However, Macbeth ponders the reasons he has to kill and not to kill Duncan, he finds there are more reasons not to kill the Duncan than to do so.

Duncan is the King, and killing him is a mortal sin and the King is supposed to be protected by the almost universal law of hospitality by Macbeth. However, Macbeth recognizes that his need for power, his ambition to be King, overshadows all else.

In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is also overly ambitious. While he searches to discover the secret of reanimating dead flesh to create life. Frankenstein is excessively irresponsible in never considering the ramifications of his actions.

However, in abandoning his creation, Frankenstein allows the creature, he has given life too, to roam the countryside and to find his own way, as innocent as a child, with face and physical stature that terrifies everyone he meets.

When Frankenstein recounts his experiences and the loss of all he loves to Walton, he warns the explorer to avoid the mistakes he made by pursuing dangerous knowledge, by trying to achieve what Walton believes will make him successful in the eyes of the world without considering the cost to those around him, a mistake Frankenstein made.

Macbeth and Victor are men who are too ambitious, and it costs them everything in the end: happiness, those they love, and their lives. Their ambitions were so unrealistic that when achieved a major downfall happened afterwards, due to them not knowing what to do with their lives and where to go.

In his narrative in chapter 4, Frankenstein comes to the realisation that one of his major flaws is the development of his plan that finally destroys him. Unfortunately his plan goes way off course, and he is forced to kill several innocent people simply out of the fear of being caught.

Towards the end of both stories we see both men in similar settings to the beginning scenes but their attitudes and emotions are the polar. For example, there is one devastating choice that the Mariner makes and that is when he "shot the Albatross" Coleridge 2.

It was this single moment that started the Mariner on his fall from the captain of a ship to the helpless secluded wretch he became. There was no reason for him to kill the bird that has guided them to safety other than the fact that he wanted to. When Victor made this decision he was not thinking about how it would affect the ones he loved and was only focused on what he desired to do. This must have occurred because he was looked upon as a hero to all other thanes and the king for his killing of others in Act 1.

Because Victor turns a blind eye to the creation, he vows revenge against him and all the people Victor loves. Even though the man receives little guidance and support, he becomes a monster similar to Victor because of his choices to do evil: murder and take revenge. The creation could have the decency to move on with his life, but one factor prevents him.

His appearance restrains him from having a normal life despite the capacity for love and affection he harbors in his heart. I think free choice is way more responsible for destruction of Macbeth rather than fate is because it is like karma, what comes around goes around. Since Macbeth had killed so many people it makes sense how in the end Macbeth had soon been killed himself.

Macbeth thought the only way to survive in peace, he had to kill a bunch of people, which is completely unreasonable. The witches had told him his fate and that he would become king soon enough but he decided to go against his fate and make his own free choices. Macbeth caused his own destruction by his own reckless actions. Giving this account to his son meant that Coates wanted him to understand that his own race is unjustly targeted as violent beings.

The fact that one of his valued friends was murdered because one white individual claimed that he felt endangered in his presence was repulsive towards Coates.

This memory scorned his perception of reality of society in that he repeatedly reasoned himself that they have a negative perception towards black.