Betrayal is a common theme in many stories, novels, and plays. One always has a motive behind betrayal, which results in severe consequences. In the play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth betrays one person after another for his benefit. Similarly in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Luke the antagonist, betrays the protagonist in many ways for his own advantage. Amy Tan’s novel, The Kitchen God’s Wife, consists of a character named Winnie who experiences betrayal through her own loved ones. These literature pieces have one thing in common: betrayal. Human emotions and desires such as greed, revenge, and fear lead one towards deterioration, death and distances.
In Macbeth, Macbeth allows his greed to control his mind and actions,
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Luke’s betrayal begins in the first book in which he steals the gods’ ultimate weapons, framing his friend Percy in the process. Before Percy begins his quest, Luke gives him cursed shoes “the flying shoes were cursed...They were supposed to drag me and the backpack into Tartarus” (Riordan, 170). Luke’s plans were to kill Percy, and it did not strike him once as a wrongdoing or sin. Moreover, Percy does not realize Luke’s true intentions until Luke states them himself. The reason behind Luke’s actions was the resentment he felt towards the gods. Luke’s father, a god, left him when he was young after Luke failed a quest. At the end of the Lightning Thief, Luke states before attempting to kill Percy “Kronos will rise. You’ve only delayed his plans. He will cast the Olympians into Tartarus and drive humanity back to their caves. All except the strongest-the ones who serve him.” (Riordan, 170). Luke reveals that framing Percy would turn the gods against each other for Percy was the son of the “three big” gods causing a war among the gods. One realizes how blinded Luke becomes by revenge after he reveals that murdering many is not a difficulty for him. Ironically, His own actions lead him to his end because Kronos the titan eventually possesses his body. In the last book, “The Last Olympian” Luke’s tries to get rid of Kronos and his actions show how much he regrets …show more content…
Macbeth’s greed allows him to murder and throw his strict morals away as if they never existed. It eventually led him to his own character of deterioration. Luke is blinded by revenge, so he betrays Percy also causing a great war that concludes in his own slaughter. Hulan, who fears Winnie’s husband, never trusts her friend and betrays her many times out of fear causing their relationship to grow further apart. Each author’s piece includes a character who gains motivation from their strong desires that led the characters to a perturb ending. Each character allowed their desires to suppress their minds, not considering the
For instance, Luke fought against the Empire and destroyed the Death Star. He also seeks to stop injustice. He follows the code in the movie when he joined the Rebels and fought against the Empire. In fact, the Empire was committing many cruel acts. Secondly, Luke portrays himself as a hero with a good moral character.
For the first time, though, Luke believed in himself instead of his brother’s words. He didn’t know why, but he felt that his decision was better. Luke knew all the risks, but he decided to face it. He wanted to change.
When creating a character in a book or a movie the director or author has to decide if they want the character to be bad or good grumpy or happy eta.. In the case of Luke skywalker and Francis they are two totally different characters with different goals in mind and how they will meet those goals. One character is a hero and one is a anti-hero which is which. Luke Skywalker is a young man who lives on a farm with his parents. He wants to go out and see the universe and what it has to offer.
There is a theory that there are only seven different story-lines in the world, but they are all re-used in different ways to make up all of the books and movies and plays we have today. If that theory were true, Luke's life fell into the category of the quiet kid with no glaringly obvious hopes, dreams or aspirations, if that category existed. His life seemed to helplessly revolve around school, and he spent all of his nights slaving over books and copies, studying his subject matter with an outlook of frustration on his world. Luke was nothing special to himself or to anybody else. Of course, if he found the right person, they would be able to find the special and unique aspects of Luke and embrace them, but that somebody just hadn't seemed
When in a relationship, one's quest for power, can result in an endless effort to satisfy this desire, producing a tragic outcome. In the tragedy of Macbeth, William Shakespeare explores how greed and ambition has an influence on one’s actions, leading to the occurrence of a tragedy. In the case of Macbeth, greed and ambition results in Macbeth becoming a highly manipulative, and dangerous individual. The dominant status Lady Macbeth owns, allows her to influence Macbeth into committing harmful acts. When Lady Macbeth’s dominant status begins to deteriorate, Macbeth begins to mature, gradually becoming the more dominant individual within their relationship.
Life is troublesome on its own, but when your loved ones betray you it gets worse. Betrayal is an evident theme in Lord of the Flies, Macbeth and Fifth Business. The betrayers typically are your friends, your family and most often yourself. In the novels Lord of the Flies, Macbeth and Fifth Business friends are the characters worst enemies.
Macbeth is the Shakespearean play that features the triumphant uprise and the inevitable downfall of its main character. In this play, Macbeth’s downfall can be considered to be the loss of his moral integrity and this is achieved by ambition, despite this, Lady Macbeth and the witches work through his ambition, furthering to assist his inevitable ruin. Ambition alone is the most significant factor that led to Macbeth’s downfall. The witches are only able to influence his actions through Macbeth’s pre-existing and the three witches see that Macbeth has ambition and uses it to control his action. Ambition alone is displayed throughout the play to be the most significant cause for Macbeth’s downfall.
Greed and jealousy live inside everyone, but one must refrain from these thoughts to prevent self destruction. In William Shakespeare's Elizabethan era Tragedy Macbeth, Shakespeare uses betrayal as a vehicle for obtaining power for selfish means, and illustrates the grave costs of betrayal to the individual. Greed often fuels an uncontrolled lust for power. Shakespeare reveals the extent of Macbeth’s greed when Macbeth's first thought regarding the witches prophecy stir thoughts of murder: “ My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical”(I.iii.152). Most individuals do not think one should murder someone to obtain what you desire.
The reader is able to see this through Macbeth’s contemplation on whether or not he should kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth's lust for power and Macbeth’s final yet selfish decision. The overall comparisons are able to demonstrate the harmful physical and psychological effects of power throughout a community. As a result, the reader can learn from both Queen and Shakespeare that one's evil pleasure and desires can be a result of one's destruction all
He believes he is to be the unquestioned authority and to be respect at all times because Jess is under his roof. Luke’s patriarchal ideals are also evident in his relationship with Rory, he is overbearing and overprotective of Rory when she starts
As Luke learns the ways of the Jedi he is faced with accepting his own dark side which is reflected in his father. Luke Skywalker's character fits the hero archetype, specifically the classic hero as his past is hidden until it is revealed to him by Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan passes on his father's lightsaber which shows Luke's birthright and that he was born to be a
Percy Jackson was told he would not be the hero at the end of this and if he tried to be the hero everyone would end up dead. This is due to the fact that Luke was taken over by Kronos and was being used as a vessel. The only way to kill Kronos would be to give Luke a dagger and make him stab himself while he is able to suppress Kronos and make him stab and kill himself. At first, Percy doesn 't like the fact that he would have to trust Luke to kill himself but he decide to trust him and give him the dagger and Luck did kill himself. But the fact that Kronos did sense the danger and try to take over him and stop him he did nothing and watch as he died.
The first sign of betrayal is shown when Tom Driscoll sends his mother down the river after she specifically requests him not to. His mother was giving up her life in order to convenience him with only two requests: That Tom would return in a year to buy her free and that he would sell her up North. Tom betrays her and sells her down the river without hesitation. Judge Driscoll is also betrayed by Tom in Pudd’nhead Wilson. He spends many years of his life providing for Tom as his own son.
At the beginning of William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ the protagonist Macbeth is described as ‘brave’, ‘noble’ and ‘honourable’, however Lady Macbeth’s and Macbeths desire for power consumes them. Macbeth’s ambition overrides his conscience and transformed his greatest strength into his greatest weakness. Macbeth’s inability to resist temptations that led him to be greedy for power, Macbeth’s easily manipulative nature which allowed his mind to be swayed, Macbeth having no self control and his excessive pride was what allowed him to renew his previously honourable and celebrated title into one of an evil ‘tyrant’. Macbeth is led by the prophecies of the witches after they foretell he will become the Thane of Cawdor. Not only the witches, but also his wife easily manipulate Macbeth as she attacks his manhood in order to provoke him to act on his desires.
Betrayal: Kite Runner Betrayal is the form of committing a dishonest or treacherous act against something or someone that means a lot to you. Betrayal plays an important part in the Kite Runner as redemption does also guilt. Throughout the book “Kite Runner” By Khaled Hosseini betrayal was expressed numerous amounts of times from Amir, Hassan, Baba and Sanaubar. It can be argued that betrayal can be shown in many different ways, and that deception of a loved one in any way is equally horrible. Hassan which was one of the main characters in Kite Runner was betrayed by many people throughout the book.