What Are The Similarities Between Macbeth And Grigory Rasputin
Power given to the right people can be the greatest thing in the world, but power given to the wrong people can be bad for the people around them. At first Macbeth was a very noble knight who followed the orders of King Duncan who treated him very well, and Macbeth’s fate was not to be king. Macbeth went against fate and ended up killing many of his friends and the people around him. Samson was given Godly strength in order to fight against his enemies and perform heroic tasks. Samson gave all that away for some untrustworthy women which in the end was a fatal decision. Grigori Rasputin was a holy man from Siberia and could convince and influence a lot of people. Rasputin as a very influential man who was said to be able to heal anyone. The
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Macbeth takes advantage of people who trust in him just as Rasputin does. Gregory Rasputin born in Pokrovskoye, Siberia, January 10, 1869. According to the Encyclopedia of Russian History Rasputin was the son of Yefim a prosperous and literate peasant (Page 1). When Grigory was young he was very troubled. Getting married did not appease him but sexual relations with many different women did. This was a problem because that shows that he is not a good man due to his way of living life. Rasputin’s decision to frivolously go to other women tells you that his personality is already not of good intentions. Rasputin’s appealing personality, eyes, and memory of biblical passages made him a local religious leader because he was able to appeal to the rite people and manipulate them by making himself look good in front of the right people. According to Enid A. Goldberg and Norman Itzkowitz, by 1906, Rasputin had a reputation as a healer. That fall, Rasputin was invited to the Czar’s palace for the first time. He tried to calm their fears about the future. They would survive the protest he said. Then Rasputin was introduced to the two-year-old boy Alexis. Rasputin blessed the sick child with the icon of Simeon, Miraculously the boy was healed (Page 74). This was very good for Rasputin because miraculously curing their boy of hemophilia got him the passionate …show more content…
Rasputin does a good job at analyzing people and looks at things he could say or do to pursued them or manipulate them to do things that he wants to do and that’s where he creates sin and is in the wrong. When he accomplished getting full trust from Alexandra he started doing things that he wouldn’t be able to do with the royal family. He became private adviser to the Romanovs and also became an influential figure in Saint Petersburg, especially after August 1915 when Czar Nicolas II took command of the army. When he became private advisor there was a lot of controversy so the press started a campaign against Rasputin, claiming he paid too much attention to young girls and women. This statement made by the press did not help him since he has had a long history of doing
Macbeth takes advantage of people who trust in him just as Rasputin does. Gregory Rasputin born in Pokrovskoye, Siberia, January 10, 1869. According to the Encyclopedia of Russian History Rasputin was the son of Yefim a prosperous and literate peasant (Page 1). When Grigory was young he was very troubled. Getting married did not appease him but sexual relations with many different women did. This was a problem because that shows that he is not a good man due to his way of living life. Rasputin’s decision to frivolously go to other women tells you that his personality is already not of good intentions. Rasputin’s appealing personality, eyes, and memory of biblical passages made him a local religious leader because he was able to appeal to the rite people and manipulate them by making himself look good in front of the right people. According to Enid A. Goldberg and Norman Itzkowitz, by 1906, Rasputin had a reputation as a healer. That fall, Rasputin was invited to the Czar’s palace for the first time. He tried to calm their fears about the future. They would survive the protest he said. Then Rasputin was introduced to the two-year-old boy Alexis. Rasputin blessed the sick child with the icon of Simeon, Miraculously the boy was healed (Page 74). This was very good for Rasputin because miraculously curing their boy of hemophilia got him the passionate …show more content…
Rasputin does a good job at analyzing people and looks at things he could say or do to pursued them or manipulate them to do things that he wants to do and that’s where he creates sin and is in the wrong. When he accomplished getting full trust from Alexandra he started doing things that he wouldn’t be able to do with the royal family. He became private adviser to the Romanovs and also became an influential figure in Saint Petersburg, especially after August 1915 when Czar Nicolas II took command of the army. When he became private advisor there was a lot of controversy so the press started a campaign against Rasputin, claiming he paid too much attention to young girls and women. This statement made by the press did not help him since he has had a long history of doing