Comparison Of Shakespeare's Macbeth And Adolf Hitler

Out of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, Macbeth is one of the most renown. Macbeth is about a Scottish general named Macbeth who has a blood thirst for power. He is guided by outside forces to choose the correct path of morality or evil. Adolf Hitler is the Shakespearian Macbeth because they both were ambitious, had qualities of murderous men, and tried to be the conquerors of their times.
Macbeth and Hitler were both ambitious because they both tried to take what they did not have. Macbeth wanted to rule Scotland and Hitler wanted to rule the World. Macbeth was ambitious because he wanted to become the king after hearing his prophecy from the witches. “Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still” (White 5). Macbeth’s craze after seeing a metaphoric dagger that will be used to kill King Duncan insinuates that he wanted to do it himself. He did the crime himself because he wanted to look like a “man” in his wife’s eyes.
In the beginning, Macbeth was thought of as “Brave Macbeth! Well he deserves that name” (White 2). This quote from the soldier reveals that he is a model soldier who is brave and fearless. Before Hitler became evil, he was a good political figure who tried to rebuild Germany after World War I. Macbeth and Hitler were both respected by citizens of their times and thus proves the similarity between the two. They both killed anyone who got in their way. “Hitler became embittered over the collapse of the war effort.” ("Adolf Hitler"). Millions of innocent people were killed by Hitler. Hitler believed that Jews were a lesser race so he tried to cleanse the earth by eliminating them. Macbeth killed a few equally innocent people like Banquo, King Duncan, etc. This portrays that they both were similar before and after evil grew in their