Just like not every story has a happy ending, not every story has a hero. In the book The Maze Runner by James Dashner and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, both Thomas and Macbeth are the main characters that affect the plot in many ways. The challenges that they face, and the fact that one is a hero and the other is an anti-hero make the two stories valuable.
Macbeth was first viewed as a brave man for his victory in the battlefield and winning the king’s trust, however, his continuous horrible actions throughout the play identify him as an anti-hero. After listening to the witches prophecies about him becoming thane, he decides to kill Duncan. This shows how even when he was rewarded for good actions, his devilish thoughts were still able to control his mind. He murders the king just so that he can fulfill his needs for power. Duncan wasn’t his only victim;…show more content… Macbeth was challenged by whether or not he should believe what the witches tell him. For instance, after they talked to him the first time, he was always thinking about being the next king. He wanted things to go faster than they’re supposed to go and this shows how easily he could believe things. Macbeth was also challenged by Lady Macbeth. He didn’t know if he should be listening to her or doing what she tells him to do. When she told him to murder Duncan, Macbeth was always having second thoughts about it. This shows how he was scared. It also shows how he had a good heart at one point but now it’s fading. These weren’t his only challenges; Macbeth was also scared to lose his close friends’ trust. When he killed Duncan, Banquo started suspecting him and that scared him. He also lost Macduff’s trust and that's when he decided to kill his family. This shows how evil Macbeth could be when things don’t go the way he wants. It also shows how at this point he takes action not his wife. Macbeth was just a murderer and a
