Anti-Social Characters in Macbeth, The Great Gatsby, and A View from the Bridge
Humanbeings cannot fly like birds, nor are we as strong as predatory animals, or as big as elephants However, humanbeings are the most dominating species on the earth because mankind is highly socialized than any other species. Humanity needs to form society for its own security and its own prosperity. To maintain society, everyone is expected to follow rules of it. If someone breaks that rule, other people determine if the person is heresy and may try to exclude the person. Same pressure works in the world of literature. In Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge, and Shakespeare’s Macbeth, all three protagonists dare to do what society tells them not to do, although they all understand what they are doing is immoral As a result, their own desire led them to death.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes place in the 11th century Europe. In those era, throne was always succeeded by king and people thought that was natural because it was a “devine right of the kings”. Which means their authority is given by God and no one was allowed to violate the authority. This idea was spread with Christianity. In the medeival Europe, moral was based on only Christianity, so people believe d that God gave authority to Kings as they believed in Morse’s ten commandments. So what Macbeth did was a complete violation of moral of the society because he killed a King who was authorized by God. Macbeth must have known the idea of Christianity and its moral because he mentioned about God several times in the play. In Act2 scene 1, Macbeth mentioned Lady Macbeth that ” Listening their fear, I could not say “Amen,” when they did say, “God bless us.”Macbeth could not say” Amen” because he knew assassination of the king was against the Christian moral and could not ask God for forgiveness. “In doing it, pays itself. Your highness’ part is to receive our duties:”(Act1 scene4). Word your highness is applied to men who are an upside-down reference to God's
Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes place in the 11th century Europe. In those era, throne was always succeeded by king and people thought that was natural because it was a “devine right of the kings”. Which means their authority is given by God and no one was allowed to violate the authority. This idea was spread with Christianity. In the medeival Europe, moral was based on only Christianity, so people believe d that God gave authority to Kings as they believed in Morse’s ten commandments. So what Macbeth did was a complete violation of moral of the society because he killed a King who was authorized by God. Macbeth must have known the idea of Christianity and its moral because he mentioned about God several times in the play. In Act2 scene 1, Macbeth mentioned Lady Macbeth that ” Listening their fear, I could not say “Amen,” when they did say, “God bless us.”Macbeth could not say” Amen” because he knew assassination of the king was against the Christian moral and could not ask God for forgiveness. “In doing it, pays itself. Your highness’ part is to receive our duties:”(Act1 scene4). Word your highness is applied to men who are an upside-down reference to God's