The Play Macbeth Naked Ambition, And The Oral...

In my report I will analyse and investigate characters facing adversity throughout their life or at some point and relating them to our society we live in at this time period. The four texts I have used were Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Gandhi: Naked Ambition, a biography written by Jad Adams, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger and the oral documentary, Kevin’s Sentence by Bob Carty. Across these texts the main theme of ‘facing adversity’ was portrayed through characters, language and how the authors/directors/playwright presented their work to the audience introducing guilt building up within the plots. Interpreting the themes into our society and how we deal with situations that could make changes in our lives and showing the†¦show more content†¦But few thy voice. ¨. There is a slight difference on the type of language but Shakespeare commands that every man should be given an ear to listen to others but mouths to some as we tend to give neg ative opinions. Gandhi had to put himself straight on what he is supporting since he was putting the whole of India at risk against the British. Similar to Macbeth, but instead Macbeth had a lot of greed in himself and did not think about the outcomes of his actions which put his whole army and family at risk, soon as it led to his wife committing suicide and Macbeth losing the crown and his life. In relation to our modern society, people tend to take risks if they really want to get something done and out of their way which can be from driving hard towards your goals to even committing unlawful crimes. In the documentary, Kevin’s Sentence by Bob Carty, we are presented with a 19 year old teenager named Kevin Hollinsky who went out for a night of drinking, lost control of his car on the way back home and killed two of his lifelong best friends, Andrew and Joe. Kevin’s decisions had cost him the lives of his two best friends and he took total responsibility as he says â€Å"Because of me they died. Because of my decision I have put everyone in this situation.†. Kevin was given three years’ probation and 750 hours of community service, as he had put himself in a very complex and torturous situation. When he mentioned â€Å"this is worse than jail†, Kevin referred to the 1 hour