Before hearing the witch’s prophecy, he was a virtuous and ethical person, but after hearing that he is destined for kingship, he goes on a murderous rampage to gain political power, completely disregarding his previous decency. This is similar to how Oedipus was originally a just ruler, until he hears that he is the reason for the plague upon Thebes, which he is unable to believe because he is blinded by pride and arrogance similar to how Macbeth is blinded by the quest for supremacy. At this point in the play, blood, as well as Macbeth, has made the complete transformation from symbolizing virtue, courage, and integrity, and instead represents guilt, murder, and
There is a down fall though. He flips out and goes crazy and thinks every one is out to get him. There can not be a strong country with out a strong leader. So that’s why people really need a king. Claudius I don’t think was a good king he was to greedy and he was obsest with power.
He also went to marry Elizabeth Schuyler, one of New York’s most wealthy and prominent daughters. Throughout his life career(s) he was a military officer, lawyer, financer, and a political theorist. Even though Hamilton had a rough childhood he succeeded in becoming an important historic figure. This bring us to our first question: Was Alexander Hamilton an Economic Genius? Historian John Steele Gordon says yes, Alexander Hamilton was indeed a genius.
How will you restate your ideas/position in short form? People absolutely behave poorly when given any type of power. Macbeth received his motivation for the power in killing people, the falcon in the Second Coming was powerful when he flew away and Rafael Trujillo was a dictator that demanded to be seen as God.
However, King Shou has chosen to rule as a “cruel” and “unjust” king. In the same manner, the king God described to Samuel rules greedily, taking advantage of his own people. All of these kings have used their powers in different ways. Assur-Nassir-Pal II uses his love for his Gods as a motivation; King Shou disregards his God's desires; The king
They’re going to hunt you tomorrow” (170). Jack kills Ralph last because Ralph is the last person Jack views as a threat to his goals. Jack is afraid Ralph might prevent him from taking complete control of the island, since initially Ralph was the leader. The darkness of humanity can destroy society since society gets in the way of the darkness of humanity. In the Lord of the Flies, Jack has been trying to destroy Ralph since chapter 1 because he wanted power.
Despite Sunjata’s position as a hero before the Mande people, he humbled himself and used other ways to convince the king and he succeeded in the end. Gilgamesh used his powers for his personal benefits to acquire wealth, oppress his subjects and even rape women who appealed to him. Sunjata had the interest of the Mande people first before his own. This is seen when he arrives home from hunting and learned about the captivity, he leaves immediately to go salvage
To get there they had to think of ways to help them in their conquest of lands whether it is swords or other technologies. There political and environmental characteristics were pretty impressive, but who know which one was better. Rome was an empire known for its tough army and its vast line of rulers who conquered and crushed anyone who got in there way. The Maurya too was powerful with its rulers,
The fact that Macbeth was already so close to the top and so heavily influenced by his wife didn’t help much and that’s without even mentioning the prophecy he so eagerly wanted to come true. Macbeth knew all he had to do was murder King Duncan to take the throne. 12. However, once he had reached the top, his insanity grew worse and worse despite what one would believe to occur. If his insanity was driven by a need for power wouldn’t he come to grips once he had all the power in the world?
Charles was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings and as his subjects; we feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. He totally ignored the Magna Carta and showed no respect on ruling lawfully. Charles invaded the House of Common and tried to murder the leader of H.O.C. He also forced people to pay money only for his own needs. Why do we need a king that’s so selfish and disrespectful to rule our country?