What Are The Similarities Between Macbeth And Frankenstein

Evil is represented by the making of monsters in both Macbeth and Frankenstein.

Both stories have strong feelings towards monstrosity throughout, although the 'Monsters' have been portrayed under different lights. In Macbeth the monstrous character is seen to be Macbeth himself to the other characters as he actually performs the monstrous acts, however the actual monster which is explained to the reader is Lady Macbeth as she persuades and pushes Macbeth to commit these acts. In Frankenstein the actual monster Frankenstein creates doesn’t perform any monstrous acts on purpose as it seems, he is being pushed to make these choices due to a baisic lack of care from his creator Frankenstein. Both Macbeth and Frankenstein have a character who is perceived to be the bad or evil one by other characters, however it actually another
Firstly I am going to look at why the writers have created monsters for in their stories. As both stories revolve around the main theme of monsters and how they are interoperated by the characters and the reader. In Macbeth Shakespeare created monsters to give an interesting twist to a story of a power hungry war hero killing the king for a higher status. In Frankenstein, Shelley creates the idea of a 'monster' who is in fact a vulnerable character being pushed to perform monstrous acts due to lack of basic care from his creator. This shows how both stories use the idea of monstrosity as Macbeth commits selfish and unfair acts just to become a person with a higher status in life however he is not at all bothered about his reputation.

Ambition is another theme in both stories which is very closely linked into how some of the acts that took place are monstrous because they were caused by characters wanting to get somewhere in their