Macbeth and Banquo both were honorable, impressive and loyal warriors in King Duncan’s army making them exceptionally alike in many ways. Both of these courageous and determined men were worthy captains that have helped defeat the invading forces. Although these then fairly similar, there are a bit of significant differences that immensely demarcate these men. Some of which include the fact that Banquo has a son, meaning he is responsible for something and has someone to care for, leaving him concerned
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