Compare the Way the Art of War Is Different to Macbeth

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A characteristic that Macbeth and Napoleon do not share is the support system. Napoleon has group of pigs that support and are very useful to him. Macbeth however does not use support system and does everything by himself. Napoleon uses his dogs to strike fear into the animals, "no one dared speak their mind, with fierce growling dogs"(Orwell pg.52)Also Napoleon uses squealer who has great power with words as he can " turn black into white"(Orwell pg.6) and he uses his talent to manipulate the animals and gain support. Eventually napoleon builds a very large support group and rarely appeared in public. When he did emerge…it was with several pigs and an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came to near" (Orwell pg.30) Macbeth on the other hand is very lonesome person. He does not receive nay help from friends to steal the throne. The only people that helped him are hired thugs who do not care about Macbeths well being only their money. He even isolates himself from his wife, when she asks him "what is to be done" (3.1.44), he replies"be innocent of knowledge" and leaves her out of his plans. In both book parallels can be drawn between the plots. Both tyrants follow different paths but have the same basic goal. The tyrants are power hungry and will do anything to secure their power. The tyrants think of themselves as ultimate rulers and do anything they please. The major difference in both book are that Macbeth concentrates on the pain of Macbeth and animal farm concentrates on the pain of the

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