The more things change the more they stay the same. These days there are countless books and movies that have one person betraying another. In the middle of the seventeenth century, there was also this same fascination with this type of plot. This morbid interest has been present, throughout history, and nearly all societies. In the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the idea of usurping the thrown presents itself to Macbeth, but Lady Macbeth proves …showed first 75 words of 836 total…

…showed last 75 words of 836 total…his earlier position as follower and executor. In conclusion we must look at how the idea of usurping the thrown presents itself to Macbeth, but just how Lady Macbeth proves herself as the catalyst he needed for his later independent treachery. They had many similarities and differences, many developed and changed as the story progressed. They started as different, became the same, and then with the loss of one became very different aging. Work Cited