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Macbeth and Jack----help quickly please!

What are some good in-depth similarities and differences between Jack from LOF and Macbeth?

please answer quickly: due tomoroow!

Reply 1

AdamSlasher

my opinion, you can definitely find similarities between Jack and the character Macbeth (as opposed to the play). Both of them are people who have made the choice to be ruthless in pursuit of their ambition. In each case, it is not completely their fault, but ultimately, they choose to pursue ambition rather than to try to be "good."
Both Jack and Macbeth are put in tempting situations. Macbeth is told by the witches that he will be king. Jack is given this opportunity to be on the island where no one has any authority over him. So they are both put in situations through no fault of their own.
But then they both choose to pursue their ambitions. Macbeth chooses to start killing in order to get and keep the throne. Jack chooses to become more and more violent (to, for example, steal Piggy's glasses in a violent raid and to try to kill Ralph).
So both characters want power and both characters choose to be violent and brutal to get that power. In this way, both are saying similar things about the themes of ambition and moral choice.

Reply 2

crashMATHS

Original post by Jeeves CP

What are some good in-depth similarities and differences between Jack from LOF and Macbeth?

please answer quickly: due tomoroow!

Both characters are savage and show clear stages of moral decay: their desire for power and authority, more so ambition with Macbeth, culminates in tragedy for Macbeth and a gnawing of social structures for Jack. That's just a starting point - you can obviously develop it.

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