Macbeth Vs. Steve Jobs

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Macbeth vs. Against Nostalgia (Steve Jobs) In the story of Macbeth and the New York Times article, Against Nostalgia, the two main subjects can be compared. Steve Jobs behaved, as described in said article, behaved similarly to Macbeth. They both seem to be power hungry and determined to get to the top, Macbeth in being king, Jobs in making his company bigger. The following will further explain their similarity in character. In the article Against Nostalgia, by Mike Daisey, Steve Jobs is first portrayed as a genius that is against nostalgia and was determined to keep making innovations and coming up with new technology. Towards the end, it makes Jobs seem like he has a thirst for power and make his company larger. Like Macbeth, he would stop at nothing to reach the top. Macbeth went to the extreme of killing, or hiring someone to kill, everyone before him in line for the throne. Steve Jobs is known for “killing the baby,” or cutting loose anything unnecessary in his technology and coming up with new things. Also, Jobs’ company was able to rise even more to power by regulating the computing experience. For example, “All of Apple’s iDevices — the iPod, iPhone and iPad — use operating systems that deny the user access to their workings.” This means, users have to download programs from Apple, instead of being able to install it themselves. At first, Steve Jobs’ company was considered anarchic and promoted the message of freedom. Likewise, Macbeth was at first an honest, loyal person which later became corrupted and stopped at nothing to become king. Conclusively, the above states how Macbeth and Steve Jobs are comparable. They both seeked supremacy; Macbeth over his country, Jobs over other companies. The two were portrayed as corrupted and determined to be above the rest no matter what the cost. Both men were first portrayed as good and later turned in
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