In the tragic play “Macbeth”, written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth and Banquo’s first encounter with the witches is used as a means to give the reader a look into the personalities of both men. Upon listening to the witches predictions, both Macbeth and Banquo’s curiosities are piqued. However, whereas Macbeth allows the witches predictions to consume his thoughts, Banquo simply brushes aside these prophetic words, in comparison to his counterpart, Macbeth. Shakespeare conveys these reactions
to argue otherwise. The nature of evil, as expressed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, seeks to corrupt otherwise
that a hero can, “be considered as the anticipation of a development of ego-consciousness, and what he goes through in the myth as an indication of the process of moving toward the wholeness which is implicit and innate in the psych…” (17). The similarity between these two writers could be seen through their depiction of the main concern of the hero. The expectation of an event that would reform or influence the hero’s mindset and conscience is the foundation of a hero. Falling under the classification