Themes Of Politics And Violence In Literature
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Today, all over the world, universal themes are still prevalent. Universal themes have been and are still being used in many books and plays. Two subjects that are often described as universal themes are politics and violence.
In the Shakespearean play “Macbeth” the main character, Macbeth, i ....
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.... trying to become king when it was not his place in society to do so. Macbeth was susceptible to the information he received from the witches, whereas the other man was not. When Macbeth resorted to violence in order to attain what he thought he deserved, the other man did not. The other man knew he was not in the proper position in society to become king.
A more recent film that can be related to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is “Lord of the Flies.” In the acclaimed film “Lord of the ....
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