RICHARD AL III-LEA ȘI MACBETH – IMAGINEA TIRANULUI ÎN OPERA LUI WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Richard the IIIrd and Macbeth: The Image of the Tyrant in the Work of William Shakespeare

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses a number of defining traits of the tyrannical personality, as described by William Shakespeare through the outlining of the characters Richard III and Macbeth. The factors that determine the propensity towards tyranny and the context in which the rise towards tyranny occurs are listed. Richard III and Macbeth remain in the history of universal literature as characters who stepped on the path of inhuman deeds, for different reasons, but whose paths are similar in that, once they become tyrants, the crimes committed generate other crimes, the evil amplifying- and distancing the protagonists from any possible source of light. The nuanced differences between the temperaments of these two characters are punctuated, both mirroring the tyrannical personality, but presenting particular ways of relating to the world. Both undertake reprehensible actions, the destruction and evil take on ever-increasing proportions, but it is noticeable that there are differences in the degree of morality that each of these two characters embody. Carrying out this study, we observe the finesse of Shakespeare's psychological analysis in rendering the evolution and development of human character in certain contexts that favor the pact with lawlessness.

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