Macbeth's Pursuit Of Power
According to Merriam-Webster, a personality is “the set of emotional qualities, ways of behaving, etc., that makes a person different from other people”. Each individual possesses different characteristics, whether they be qualities or flaws, that form who they are. Thus, people’s personalities can have an effect on the course of their lives. Such is the case in Shakespeare’s 27th play, The Tragedy of Macbeth and in the film, Mirror Mirror, based on the fairy tale, Snow White, and directed by Tarsem Singh. In Macbeth, the title character makes questionable decisions in his pursuit for power. He slowly descends into insanity as he becomes obsessed with keeping his position of power. In Mirror Mirror, the evil Queen Clementianna’s thirst for
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Just like those of Macbeth, her people did not think very highly of her. They did not think she was a good queen, since she was more preoccupied with what was best for her, rather than what was good for them. For example, in an attempt to woo the prince into marrying her, the queen plans on throwing an extravagant ball. However, her servant, Brighton, reminds her that they have no money to pay for it as she has spent all the town’s money on herself. She does not care that her people are suffering and hungry, she insists on throwing the ball. She tells Brighton to go get money from the town people and tell them that she’s collecting taxes. Macbeth and Queen Clementianna were both too preoccupied with their own selfish desires to properly rule a kingdom. Due to his selfishness, Macbeth let his country down. He did not pay attention to his people’s needs which caused Scotland’s downfall. As a result, the people of Scotland revolted against him and formed an army with the intention of killing him. Thus, this tragic flaw caused his death. Comparably, Queen Clementianna is selfish in taking the town people’s money in order to pay for her expensive luxuries. She does not think of their needs and leads her once joyful kingdom into poverty and hunger. Even once they have barely enough to survive, she keeps taking until they have nothing left to give. As a result, the town people revolt alongside Snow White in order to defeat the queen and give Snow her crown. Therefore, her selfishness caused her
Just like those of Macbeth, her people did not think very highly of her. They did not think she was a good queen, since she was more preoccupied with what was best for her, rather than what was good for them. For example, in an attempt to woo the prince into marrying her, the queen plans on throwing an extravagant ball. However, her servant, Brighton, reminds her that they have no money to pay for it as she has spent all the town’s money on herself. She does not care that her people are suffering and hungry, she insists on throwing the ball. She tells Brighton to go get money from the town people and tell them that she’s collecting taxes. Macbeth and Queen Clementianna were both too preoccupied with their own selfish desires to properly rule a kingdom. Due to his selfishness, Macbeth let his country down. He did not pay attention to his people’s needs which caused Scotland’s downfall. As a result, the people of Scotland revolted against him and formed an army with the intention of killing him. Thus, this tragic flaw caused his death. Comparably, Queen Clementianna is selfish in taking the town people’s money in order to pay for her expensive luxuries. She does not think of their needs and leads her once joyful kingdom into poverty and hunger. Even once they have barely enough to survive, she keeps taking until they have nothing left to give. As a result, the town people revolt alongside Snow White in order to defeat the queen and give Snow her crown. Therefore, her selfishness caused her