Catcher In The Rye And Macbeth Comparison

And thence it is,/That I to your assistance do make love,/Masking the business from the common eye/For sundry weighty reasons”(3.1.121-129). This shows that Macbeth will kill his partner to stay king since Banquo thinks Macbeth is the murder of King Duncan. After he hears the answers from the witches, he decides to kill all of Macduff’s family because Macbeth thinks killing Macduff’s family would stand in line of his inheritance:”The castle of Macduff I will surprise,/Seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword/His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls/That trace him in his line. No boasting like a fool./This deed I’ll do before this purpose cool./But no more sights!—Where are these gentlemen?/Come, bring me where they are”(4.1.157.163). Macbeth will orders the murders to kill anyone that can overtake his

Macbeth is of a brave and capable warrior initially the first time that we see him. However, once we see Macbeth and the three witches together, we begin to realize that his physical courage is joined by a consuming mind boggling ambition and a tendency to self-doubt. The crusade’s mission is to place the rightful king, Malcolm, on the throne, but Macduff also desires vengeance for Macbeth’s murder of Macduff’s wife and young son. Macbeth is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne. Once he commits his first crime and is crowned King of Scotland. When Macduff finds out that Macbeth killed Duncan he plans to kill Macbeth and take his head to Malcolm. Banquo helped Duncan to claim victory over Norway and to become the Thane of Cawdor. They all are loyal to Duncan at some point, although Macduff and Banquo are doing the right things for Duncan, Macbeth is thinking of himself and is doing things so he will be the new King of Scotland. Macbeth is the play’s villain because he is betraying Duncan and trying to hide everything so he will be king.

Macbeth and The Catcher in the Rye posses similar characteristics from that of the plot to the main characters. Throughout both stories the main characters display mental illnesses that afflict their judgement and situations around them. Shakespeare and J.D. salinger have both created lasting character that continue to relate to youth and adults today, but they do so in different ways.

Shakespeare wrote the play Macbeth using Macbeth as a protagonist in this old English play. Holden Caulfield is also the main character in “the catcher in the rye” written by J.D Salinger. This essay will elaborate on the similarities of the characters and the difference in their individual societies. What external forces are used? Are they honest, do they lie? What kind of influence are women? I will illustrate the strategies used between the characters and different qualities they obtain.

The Catcher in the Rye displays many theme throughout the novel, and all of these themes can be seen through the main character Holden and his relationships with certain individuals. Themes like loss of innocence, reality vs. illusion, lack of communication and the list goes on and on. However, another big theme that is often illuminated is dealing with change, which is something Holden isn't the best at dealing with. Many of us can relate to Holden in general, but especially with this topic because it affects us all, things change but from these changes we grow and learn which holden struggles to grasp. Dealing with change is a topic see in The Catcher in the Rye, and is displayed through Allie’s Death, character development, and Phoebe growing up.

Holden, a young adult has trouble accepting the fact that he is growing up, and time cannot wait for him to accept that. He constantly struggles to realize that actions come with consequences, and that one cannot remain a kid and an adult at the same time. One must make decisions and determine what kind of future they want to have based on those decisions

Goaded by his wife, Macbeth murders Duncan for the throne, yielding to his “vaulting ambition”. Once the king, Macbeth desperately attempts to prevent his fate, killing those who threaten his position in power. First, he attempts to murder Banquo and his son as he believes that Banquo suspects that he has “played’st most foully” for the kingship. Then, upon hearing news of Macduff’s betrayal, he sends murderers to kill both Lady Macduff and her child.

His paranoia got the better of him, and remembering the prophecy that the son of Banquo would become king after him instead of his own heir, he ordered their murder. Only Banquo was killed, his son Fleance escaped and this made Macbeth's situation worse. This led him to murder Macduff’s family for not being at his coronation, and suspecting him of disloyalty, which he was right to fear. Rational fear or not, the murder of Macduff’s family was the final nail in Macbeth’s coffin, and Macduff would return later to kill him, and restore the proper bloodline to the throne. If he had not murdered Macduff’s family out of paranoia, Macduff may have fought on his side during the battle despite their disagreements, and stop the last part of the prophecy from coming

Holden Caulfield plays a timeless character in the sense that his way of life is common for the American teenager, in his time as well as now. Today parents dread the terrible and confusing adolescent years of their child's life. In J.D. Salinger's book, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is in this terrible and confusing point of his life. At this point in his life, as well as in modern teenager's lives, a transition occurs, from child to adult. Holden takes this change particularly rough and develops a typical mentality that prevents him from allowing himself to see or understand his purpose in life.

In the beginning of the play, the witches make three prophecies. First, that Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor. The second part of the prophecy is that Macbeth will become King. The third prophecy being that Banquo will be father to future kings. When Macbeth first hears the prophecy, Duncan holds the position as king. King duncan is also a very loved king by his people. Macbeth and Duncan even have a good relationship. Macbeth is Duncan’s greatest war hero and because of Macbeth’s great success in battle, Duncan rewards him by promoting him to the position of Thane of Cawdor. With this promotion, Macbeth realizes that the witches first prophecy was true. With this realization, Macbeth’s head begins to fill with thoughts of killing King Duncan to speed up the process so that he can become king. When he tells his wife of the prophecies and his promotion, she becomes extremely

The same sort of spiral occurs within Catcher in the Rye. Holden does not want to conform to the inevitable, growing up. He wants to stay a child but also wishes to be an adult at times. It is this indecisiveness and flip flop attitude that leads to Holden’s depression and at certain times suicidal

After Macduff flees, Macbeth “has kill’d [me]” Macduff’s family, and rightfully so, Macduff is immensely angered and decides that since he has lost almost everything, he “must fight the course” and try to avenge his family, and defeat the evil traitor that has been his own king. Macduff had fled to Malcolm, who was King Duncan's son, and Macbeth felt that his reign as king was coming to an end; he then decided to kill Macduff's family but in the process enraged Macduff which led to his own death. After Macduff had lost everything including his own family to Macbeth, he felt as if he only had one purpose in life, which was to kill Macbeth and finally defeat the evil that was corrupting Macbeth. After hearing the prophecy, all Macbeth was concerned about was his own rule, and didn’t care what he did in order to keep his rule; his ambition was the leading cause of his own

Macbeth was first introduced into the play as a warrior, a soldier, who had won great honour from the kind due to his actions on the battlefield. Macbeth was then led to wicked thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches, especially after the prophecy of that Macbeth will be made Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth then commits his first crime by killing Duncan in order to take the crown and become king. Macbeth is willing to do anything necessary in order to maintain his position in power. Macbeth commits his second crime by ordering others to kill Banquo, to do his own dirty work for him. Macbeth had felt that he was a threat to him. Throughout

However, once Macbeth is crowned King he turns against his friend Banquo and devises a plot to murder him and his son, whom Macbeth believes according to the witches prophecy is a threat to the crown. Macbeth tells two would be murderous that, “…it was he, in the times past, which held you / So under fortune” (3.1.184-185) indicating that Banquo wronged the men and thus they should take their revenge by murdering Banquo and his son. Later Macbeth learns of another possible threat to the crown by way of Macduff. The witches cast a spell and the first apparition speaks to him, “…Beware Macduff” (4.1.81) to which he sends the murderers out again to capture Macduff and kill his

She got in his mind and convinced him that killing Duncan, the thane of Cawdor was the only solution. While plotting to kill Duncan, the whole scenario terrified him. Like every tragic play, his tragic flaw led him into destruction. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s true character is shown. He showed no pity for Banquo or Macduff’s family when he murdered them.