... the United States government. President Nixon's mistakes built up until his entire presidency fell apart. Shakespeare's Macbeth relates to the Watergate scandal in a few ways, such as, both Macbeth and Nixon hadmany people involved in their scandals. Also, the way in which they were caught and the effect Macbeth and Nixon's scandal had on them. Though they both start off thinking it will be ... people do something for him and then have to give them hush money, which led to more and more people being involved. In Shakespeare's play Macbeth says, "If chance will have me king why chance ma...

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... cheat, and steal in order to acquire power. He has even been known to murder for power. The desire for power plays a major role of Shakespeare's story of Macbeth, a tragic figure who seeks greater power, destroys those around him to gain power, and in the end is destroyed by his own greed, as well ... ://www.nitrateonline.com/nixon.html). Thus, Nixon involved many other people in his wrongdoings. Those people tood the blame for him and even went to jail. Macbeth also involved other people during his reign, but not in the same manner. He knew that according to the witches prophasies, that...

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