Compare And Contrast Macbeth And Star Wars

The playwright of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s takes place in Scotland, Europe at Macbeth’s castle. The galactic, futuristic saga of Star Wars written in 1977 by George Lucas takes place all around the galaxy. Both big creations even to this day and have very similar characters. The character from Macbeth is Macbeth and from Star Wars is Anakin Skywalker, their personality traits favor a lot. Not only do these two parallel but the supporting characters were very similar. The characters of these stories are very similar some show the good and some show the bad. Macbeth and Anakin both come to power and have their own kingdoms to watch. They seek for more power and will go to any stake to get it. Macbeth is come upon by Lady Macbeth and he proposes to kill King Duncan, this was his first sign of
In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is seen as an innocent flower because her love for Macbeth is unmatched, but showing strong love her deceitfulness can be very easily hidden. Lady Macbeth shows her innocence by saying “Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue; look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” (Shakespeare 76-78). Palpatine, on the other hand is impressively deceitful and a manipulator, being the cruel Dark Lord he desires the most power in the galaxy so he attacks easily manipulated Young Anakin. Like Palpatine, Lady Macbeth’s innocence hides her keen, cruel ways of deceiving Macbeth to kill his friend King Duncan. The one way that Palatine tricked Anakin was by a story he told him that the Dark Side brought Anakin into the world, which grabs his attention. The two characters Palpatine and Lady Macbeth share motives; Lady Macbeth seeked more power for her and Macbeth's kingdom, just like Palpatine wanted more of a powerful force to destroy the Jedi Force once and for