... years later, General Eisenhower chose him to be his running mate. Nixon took on major duties in the Eisenhower Administration as vice president (http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html). The actions taken by the ambitious men also exibit similarities and differance. Nixon, during his first presidency (1968-1972), accomplished many good things, ... but not in the same manner. He knew that according to the witches prophasies, that Banquo would father many kings, so he sends murderers out to kill him and his son. Macbeth was never able to enjoy the throne because his conscie...

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... than what they were. Each person and being belonged to a certain place on what we could call a ladder. This idea of the Elizabethan era is known as the "Great Chain of Being". God was the first chain, following were angels and kings. At the bottom of the chain were animals and inanimate objects. Humans had a distinctive position in this chain. They possessed both qualities of ... kings but also those of the lower orders. Macbeth, through his ambition violated the natural law by ascending in this ladder. He possessed "god-like faculty" but also greed and selfishness. Elizabethans believe...

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... he will be "King hereafter." They also greet Banquo with, "lesser than Macbeth, and greater," as "not so happy, yet much happier," and tell him "thou shalt get kings, though thou be none." How would the witches know of their future? Perhaps they were trying to plant an idea in Macbeth's head that would later lead to certain calamity. After Macbeth discovers ... of "power" in his head, and Lady Macbeth encouraged him to murder Duncan, did he stray from the righteous path. In Macbeth, responsibility rests solely on the shoulders of the women in the play. Just as Eve gave the forbidden fru...

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