INTRODUCTION
Ambition can be defined as a strong desire for
success of any goal through hard work and determination. The great achievers of our time have all had it.
Individuals with this quality trait stand out as people who constantly drive
towards their goals and dreams .
Ambitious individuals
are always striving towards a goal. People with this quality are not the type
of person to stagnate and sit still. They have an inner clock that is always
ticking and signifying that they have to be doing something to move ahead. The
goals of the ambitious are like most other people’s; Business goals, family
goals, higher education goals, and career goals just to name a few. They
continue to work through setbacks: The ambitious individual will continue to fight
towards their goals amid any adversity or setbacks. Their goals are that
important to them.
Is ambition a positive
or negative characteristic? In many situations, ambition is highly regarded.
Job applications often ask for ambitious candidates. Entrepreneurs are admired
for their ambition and energy, and dynamic countries and cities have ambitious
plans for growth.
Ambitious is often
associated with negative characteristics such as greed, intolerance, and the
drive for power. In the movie Wall Street, the character Gordon Gecko said that
greed was good: there were no limits to how much money you could make or how big
a company could get. Ambitious is also often associated with ruthlessness. It
can block out human feelings such as friendship, respect for others, or
compassion. Finally, ambitious is regarded as being solitary: the individual
wants power at any price, and the reward is often loneliness or isolation.
Being ambitious is often portrayed negatively, particularly by people who have
failed themselves.
Shakespeare’s plays introduce us to the idea that
tyranny is “a perpetual political and human problem rather than a historical
curiosity”. This suggests that the play is only a representation of the real
political world around the globe, whether it is in England during Shakespeare’s
time or in pre-Indonesian era. With this is mind, it is interesting to note the
many similarities between Macbeth, which is just a play, and the legend of Ken
Arok during Singosari kingdom in the twelfth century.
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing
with the literature
of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups. While most frequently practiced with works of
different languages, comparative literature may also be performed on works of
the same language if the works originate from different nations or cultures
among which that language is spoken. The practitioners of comparative
literature study literature across
national borders, across time periods, across languages, across genres, across
boundaries between literature and the other arts (music, painting, dance, film,
etc.), across disciplines (literature and psychology, philosophy, science,
history, architecture, sociology, politics, etc.). Defined most broadly,
comparative literature is the study of literature without borders.
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23
April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language. His plays have been translated into every major living
language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Macbeth is a tragedy
by William Shakespeare written around 1606. The only Shakespearean drama set in
Scotland, Macbeth follows the story of a Scottish nobleman (Macbeth) who hears
a prophecy that he will become king and is tempted to evil by the promise of
power. Macbeth is also unique among Shakespeare's plays for dealing so
explicitly with material that was relevant to England's contemporary political
situation.
Saini K.M. was born on
June 16, 1938 in Sumedang, West Java. After graduating from IKIP Bandung,
Department of English Language and Literature, he taught at ASTI Bandung,
majoring in theater. His writing activities began in 1960 when he wrote poems
in the magazine Siasat baru. Then, he
extended his writing to other magazines such as Budaya (Yogyakarta), Pustaka
dan Budaya (Jakarta), Gelora
(Surabaya), while writing routine in daily
Pikiran Rakyat, Bandung. He
was also active in organizations such as Dewan Kebudayaan Jawa Barat, Dewan Pertimbangan
Budaya, and BKKNI, as well as actived in Studi Klub Theatre Bandung (STB), one
of the oldest theater association founded in 1959 and which still working until
now. In 1985, he received an award from the governor of West Java in the field
of culture with 14 other artists from West Java. He writes various genres of
literature, both in English and Indonesian Sunda.
Ken Arok was the
founder and first ruler of the Singosari Kingdom, an ancient Hindu–Buddhist
kingdom in the East Java, Indonesia.
His life was coloured with adventures, treacheries, and tragedies. Ken Arok was
found by a thief called Lembong. His foster father later taught him all his
criminal skills and young Ken Arok grew to be the most cunning thief in Kediri.
Doing much mischief and crimes, he was known all the way to the capital. Many
people were sent to catch him, but none were successful.
One day Ken Arok met
Mpu Lohgawe. He patiently taught Ken Arok to abandon his sinful life and start
a new life. His effort was successful and later he managed to get Ken Arok to
become an attendant of Tunggul Ametung, a powerful regional leader of the
Tumapel area. Ken Arok accidentally saw Ken Dedes,
a beautiful wife of Tunggul Ametung. Legend
says when the wind blew over her dress and revealed her legs, Ken Arok said
that he saw a beautiful light shining. He later told this to his teacher, who
stated that it was a sign that Ken Dedes would bear a royal dynasty
and any man that took her as wife would be a King. Ken Arok, already infatuated
by her beauty, became even more eager to take her, by any means—including
killing Tunggul Ametung, if necessary. And so Ken Arok was able to kill Tunggul
Ametung, take Ken Dedes to be his wife, and proclaim himself the new ruler of
Tumapel.
Shakespeare’s plays
introduce us to the idea that tyranny is “a perpetual political and human
problem rather than a historical curiosity”. This suggests that the play is
only a representation of the real political world around the globe, whether it
is in England during Shakespeare’s time or in pre-Indonesian era. With this is
mind, it is interesting to note the many similarities between Macbeth, which is
just a play, and the legend of Ken Arok during Singosari kingdom in the twelfth
century.
ANALYSIS
Theme
The motif of the two
plays is ambition. Ambition is an
eager or strong desire
to gain something, such as fame or fortune.
Macbeth is
often read as a cautionary tale about the kind of destruction ambition can
cause. Macbeth is a man that at first seems content to defend his king and
country against treason and rebellion and yet, his desire for power plays a
major role in the way he commits the most heinous acts (with the help of his
ambitious wife). Once Macbeth has had a taste of power, he seems unable and
unwilling to stop killing (men, women, and children alike) in order to secure
his position on the throne. Selfishly, Macbeth puts his own desires before the
good of his country.
In
Ken Arok, Ambition is also the theme of the story. Ken Arok pretends to be
Ametung’s bodyguard. Actually, he wanted to kill Ametung and rule Tumapeng. His
ambition grows bigger when he wanted to occupy Kediri too. Like Macbeth, Ken
Arok puts his own desire before the good of his people. A lot of people
experienced suffering in Singosari.
Setting
Macbeth
is the only Shakespearean play that's set in Scotland. Though the play is set
in the 11th century, there are plenty of allusions to contemporary (that is,
17th century) events that would have resonated with Shakespeare's original
audience.
Ken
Arok displays royal background. The story is about the kingdom. Even though,
there are setting of jungle as a place of Ken Arok before becoming king. The
cultural background is royal Javanese which automatically displayed Javanese culture
and Javanese arts such as gamelan to supporting the royal ambience.
Plot
Macbeth
King Duncan’s generals, Macbeth and Banquo, encounter
three strange women on a bleak Scottish moorland on their way home from
quelling a rebellion. The women prophesy that Macbeth will be given the title
of Thane of Cawdor and then become King of Scotland, while Banquo’s heirs shall
be kings. The generals want to hear more but the weird sisters disappear.
Duncan creates Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in thanks for his success in the
recent battles and then proposes to make a brief visit to Macbeth’s
castle.
Lady Macbeth receives news from her husband of the
prophecy and his new title and she vows to help him become king by any means
she can. Macbeth’s return is followed almost at once by Duncan’s arrival. The
Macbeths plot together and later that night, while all are sleeping and after
his wife has given the guards drugged wine, Macbeth kills the King and his
guards. Lady Macbeth leaves the bloody daggers beside the dead king. Macduff
arrives and when the murder is discovered Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain
flee, fearing for their lives, but they are nevertheless blamed for the murder.
Macbeth is elected King of Scotland, but is plagued by
feelings of guilt and insecurity. He arranges for Banquo and his son, Fleance
to be killed, but the boy escapes the murderers. At a celebratory banquet
Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo and disconcerts the courtiers with his strange
manner. Lady Macbeth tries to calm him but is rejected.
Macbeth seeks out the witches and learns from them that
he will be safe until Birnam Wood comes to his castle, Dunsinane.
They tell him that he need fear no-one born of woman, but also that the
Scottish succession will come from Banquo’s son. Macbeth embarks on a reign of
terror and many, including Macduff’s family are murdered, while Macduff himself
has gone to join Malcolm at the court of the English king, Edward. Malcolm and
Macduff decide to lead an army against Macbeth.
Macbeth feels safe in his remote castle at
Dunsinane until he is told that Birnam Wood is moving towards him. The
situation is that Malcolm’s army is carrying branches from the forest as
camouflage for their assault on the castle. Meanwhile Lady Macbeth, paralysed
with guilt, walks in her sleep and gives away her secrets to a listening
doctor. She kills herself as the final battle commences.
Macduff challenges Macbeth who, on learning his
adversary is the child of a Ceasarian birth, realises he is doomed. Macduff
triumphs and brings the head of the traitor to Malcolm who declares peace and
is crowned king.
Ken Arok
Ken Arok
was believed to be the son of Hindu god Brahma with a human female Ken Endok,
the wife of a Hindu priest Gajahpura. Afraid that her affair with the god would
be found out by her husband, she left the baby in a cemetary. A thief named
Lembong found the baby and took him as his son. Ken Arok grew up to be a thief
and gambler. His gambling created a huge debt to Lembong who later drove him
away from his house. Ken Arok was then adopted by an older gambler named Bango
Samparan who considered him as fortune bringer. Disliking his new stepmother,
Bango Samparan's wife Genuk Buntu, he left with his new found friend Tita, son
of Siganggeng village chief. The two of them became a pair of robbers feared
and infamous in Kadiri area.
Ken
Arok then met Lohgawe, a Hindu priest from India who was on a journey to Java
to find the avatar of Hindu god Vishnu. The priest believed that Ken Arok was
the one he seek and he taught him to abandon his sinful life and start a new
life. With the priest's help, Ken Arok was accepted to work as a bodyguard for Tunggul Ametung, a powerful regional leader of
Tumapel area.
One
day, Ken Arok accidentally saw Ken Dedes,
the beautiful wife of Tunggul Ametung, when she stepped down from her carriage
to take a bath in a nearby pool. A gush of wind blew over the cloth she was
wearing revealing her legs. Ken Arok—who already had a wife whose name was Ken
Umang, whom he left in his village while she was pregnant—was surprised to see
a beautiful light shining from her genitals. Later, Lohgawe told Ken Arok that
the light was the sign that Ken Dedes would gave birth to a lineage of kings
and that any man who took her as a wife would be a king.
Ken
Arok was so taken by Ken Dedes' beauty and instantly fell in love with her. He
was so determined to have her as his wife by any means necessary. In order to
have his desire come true, he need a special weapon to kill Tunggul Ametung who
was known to be very powerful. He seek the help of a famous keris maker, Mpu
Gandring, to make him an exceptionally strong keris. The old man promised Ken
Arok that the keris would be ready within a year, but Ken Arok was not a
patient man. Within five months, Ken Arok visited the old man again to check on
his keris. He saw that the kris had already taken shape and was strong enough
to be called an exceptional weapon. However, Mpu Gandring stated that he still
needed several months to perform rituals to imbue the kris with more magical
power, not only to make it strong but also to prevent it from becoming an evil
weapon.
Knowing that Ken Dedes was pregnant, and because he was
planning to murder Tunggul Ametung before she gave birth to an heir, Ken Arok
became furious. He took the keris and stabbed Mpu Gandring. Just before taking
his last breath, Mpu Gandring cast the famous curse on the keris that it would
kill Ken Arok himself and seven generations of his descendants.
As part of his scheme, Ken Arok then gave the keris to
Kebo Ijo, another bodyguard of Tunggul Ametung who was known as a greedy person
fond of collecting keris. As expected Kebo Ijo showed the beautiful deadly
keris to everyone he met. On the night he planned to do the murder, he stole
the keris from Kebo Ijo while he was sleeping and secretly went to Tunggul
Ametung's room and stabbed the man to death.
The next morning, everyone was shocked to hear that
Tunggul Ametung was dead. The keris that was found at Tunggul Ametung's side
was recognized as Kebo Ijo's keris, leading to accusation of Kebo Ijo as the
murderer. Pretending to avenge Tunggul Ametung's death, Ken Arok stabbed Kebo
Ijo to death using the keris.
After killing Kebo Ijo, Ken Arok appointed himself as
leader of Tumapel region and took Ken Dedes as his wife. But Ken Arok was not
yet saisfied. He defeated King Kertajaya of the Kingdom of Kediri and founded
the new kingdom of Singhasari. Kediri became an area under the kingdom of
Singhasari.
As Ken Dedes was pregnant when she married Ken Arok,
she had a son Anusapati, who became Ken Arok's step son. For a long tme,
Anusapati suspected that he was not Ken Arok's real son by the way he treated
him differently. One day, he found out the truth about Ken Arok as the murderer
of his real father, Tunggul Ametung. He then took the cursed keris and ordered
his assistant to stab Arok from the back with the keris when he was having
dinner. After Ken Arok was dead, Anusapati killed the assistant with the same
keris so that there was no witness. After Ken Arok's death, Anusapati took over
the kingdom of Singhasari.
Character
Machbet
MACBETH
Macbeth
is a beloved Scottish general who bravely defends his king and country in
battle. After hearing the three weird sisters' prophesy that he will one day
rule Scotland, Macbeth commits heinous murder and other tyrannous acts in order
secure his position as king.
For mine own good
All causes shall give way. I am in
blood
Stepp'd in so far that, should I
wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go
o'er. (3.4.24)
LADY MACBETH
At
the play's beginning, Lady Macbeth is a powerful figure: she's charming,
attractive, ambitious, and seems to be completely devoted to her husband. (We
might think of the pair as the original power couple.) She's also a teensy bit
worried that her man isn't quite "man enough" to do what it takes to
be king. According to Lady Macbeth, her husband is "too full o' the milk
of human kindness" (1.5.1). If her husband's going to be the powerful
figure she wants him to be, Lady Macbeth's got to take things into her own
hands. Check out this famous speech where, after learning about the witches'
prophesy that Macbeth will become king, Lady Macbeth psyches herself up for
murder.
DUNCAN
Duncan
is the King of Scotland. While spending the night as a guest at Inverness, he's
murdered by Macbeth, who has aspirations to rule the country. In the play,
Duncan is a benevolent old man. We never see him out on the battlefield, and he
is always full of kindly words. He's also generous when bestowing honors on the
soldiers and thanes that protect him and his kingdom. Duncan is so sympathetic
and likable a character that murdering him seems horrifying.
MALCOLM
Malcolm
is elder son of King Duncan and newly appointed as Prince of Cumberland, known
to be the holding place for the next King of Scotland. When we first meet
Malcolm, he seems rather weak – he's standing around praising a brave and
bloodied Captain for saving his life and rescuing him from capture. In other
words, Malcolm's the kind of guy who seems to need rescuing.
BANQUO
Banquo
is a general in the King's army (same as Macbeth) and is often seen in contrast
to Macbeth. Banquo is the only one with Macbeth when he hears the first
prophecy of the weird sisters; during the same prophecy, Banquo is told that
his children will be kings, though he will not be. How Macbeth plays his part
of the prophecy to be fulfilled makes the play – how Banquo does not create a
nice contrast to our main character.
From the very first time we meet
Banquo, he sets himself apart from Macbeth, especially notable because both
characters are introduced into the play at the same time: their meeting with
the witches. While Macbeth is eager to jump all over the weird sisters' words,
Banquo displays a caution and wisdom contrary to Macbeth's puppy-dog
excitement. He notes that evil tends to beget evil. Though, we might want to
keep in mind that in Banquo's last private speech, when he knows Macbeth has
done wrong, he still thinks of what good might be coming to him as a result of
the prophecy.
MACDUFF
Macduff
is a loyal Scottish nobleman and the Thane of Fife. After Macbeth murders
Macduff's family, Macduff grieves for his loved ones and then resolves to kill
Macbeth in man-to-man combat. At the play's end, he triumphantly carries
Macbeth's severed head to Malcolm, the future king.
WEIRD
SISTERS (THE WITCHES)
The
three weird sisters set the action of the play in motion when they confront
Macbeth and prophesize that he will be King of Scotland. We never see them
apart and they often speak and act in unison so it's worth considering them
here as a single unit.
Ken Arok
Ken Arok
Villains, later became king Singasari. He has a great
ambition. He want to rule tumapeng and kediri.
Kertajaya
King of kediri. He was a brave man. Although, he fear
batara guru and killed himself when he heard batara guru would attack kediri.
Lohgawe
Pastors, adoptive father of Ken Arok. He made Ken Arok
to be batara guru.
Tunggul Ametung
Akuwu Tumapel.
Ken Dedes
Ametung Tunggul wife, then the wife of Ken Arok.
Anusapati
Son Ken Dedes from
Tunggul Ametung. He revenged his father by killing Ken Arok.
The many similarities between Macbeth and Ken Arok
start from the prophetic events that drive them to gain power. Both are told
about the prophecy or vision of their future sovereignity. Both pursue their
power in an illegitimate way, by killing the true ruler. Both stories involve
the taking of several lives. Both also need scapegoats to hide their crime.
Both have to see their power taken over by the true heir and meet their fate in
death.
In terms of their reaction to the events prophesying their future power,
Macbeth and Ken Arok represent those people who choose to conduct evil deeds to
fulfill their ambition. Macbeth is at first a noble fellow. It is not until he
listens to evil suggestion that he changes into a brutish and selfish seeker of
power and status.
First witch : “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.
Second witch : All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.
Third witch : All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! (1.3. 46-48).
Meanwhile, Banquo gets a better prophecy. The third
witch says, “Thou shalt get kings, though thou shall be none” (1.3. 65).
Macbeth’s noble nature is shown as he has mixed feeling about the prophecy. “This
supernatural soliciting / Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, / Why hath it
given me earnest of success, … If good, why do I yield to that suggestion /
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair …Against the use of nature…If chance will
make me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir” (1.3. 129-136, 143).
While Macbeth is basically a noble man, Ken Arok is as notorious as he can be.
Raised by a thief, Ken Arok is predestined to be a king and the father of
kings. In other words, he is luckier than Macbeth in that he possesses both the
prophecy of Macbeth and Banquo. It is told that three gods, Brahma, Vishnu and
Syiva claim to be his father. Interestingly enough, Ken Arok identifies himself
with Syiva, the god of destruction. There are various stories about the
prophecy. One prevailing belief is that Ken Dedes, the wife of Tunggul Ametung,
the king of Tumapel, a small kingdom where Ken Arok works as a guard, possesses
an aura of wisdom and power, and whoever marries her will be a king and the
father of kings.
Can we mix prophecy and truth? Those who believe in the prophecy may have found
some truth in it, and use the truth to justify their means. Banquo realizes the
danger of believing in the prophecy. “And oftentimes to win us to our harm /
The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles to
betray’s / In deepest consequence.” (1.3.121-24). However, Macbeth falls into
the temptation. For Macbeth’s promotion to occur, the current king, Duncan,
would have to be kicked out. Macbeth also understands that his crime will not
end with Duncan’s death. The matter now is whether one is willing to control
his mind to resist the temptation or is ready to bear greater risk for the sake
of his goal. Macbeth belongs to the latter category. “If th’assassination /
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch / With his surcease success: that
but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all, here, / But here upon this
bank and shoal of time, / We’d jump the life to come” (1.7. 2-7).
In terms of the illegitimate way Macbeth gains his
power, he can be considered a tyrant. It is not really correct.
Although his desire may be as simple as that, the path he takes shows that he
is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve his ambition. His demand to have
his question answered by the three witches proves his determination.
Though you untie the winds and let them fight
Against the churches, though the yeasty waves
Confound and swallow navigation up,
Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down,
Though castle topple on their warder’s heads,
Though palaces and pyramids do slope
Their heads to their foundations, though the treasure
Of nature’s germens tumble all together
Even till destruction sickens, answer me
To what I ask you. (4.1. 68-76).
Ken Arok shares Macbeth strong determination. To him, it is apparent that
marrying Ken Dedes would open the possibility of gaining the power. As Macbeth
does, he also needs to get rid of the true ruler. Here is the most famous part
of the legend. First, he has to kill Tunggul Ametung. He then orders a keris,
Javanese double-edged sword, to Mpu Gandring, a keris master. At the appointed
time, the keris is not finished yet. Enraged, Ken Arok kills Mpu Gandring with
the unfinished keris. Just before he dies, Mpu Gandring curses Ken Arok that
the keris will take seven lives of kings, including Ken Arok himself. In
Javanese history, the keris is known as Keris Mpu Gandring.
Different from Macbeth who is controlled by Lady Macbeth, Ken Arok is an expert
in political strategy. He has a fellow soldier, Kebo Ijo, as the scapegoat. He
lends the keris to Kebo Ijo, who proudly shows the keris in public so that
everybody thinks he is the owner. One night, Ken Arok steals the keris and
kills Tunggul Ametung, leaving the keris in Tunggul Ametung’s body. The rest is
clear; Kebo Ijo is prosecuted while Ken Arok picks the ripe fruit. He becomes
the king of Tumapel and marries Ken Dedes.
The existence of scapegoat seems to be significant in clearing the path to
power. Here we find another difference between Ken Arok and Macbeth. It is
never told whether Ken Arok actually suffers from guilt. He carefully plans to
put Kebo Ijo as the scapegoat to clear his path without any suspicion.
Meanwhile, Macbeth needs scapegoats not only to cover his crime of murdering
Duncan, but also to be free from guilty feelings. He does not really plan on
killing the guards, but Lady Macbeth warns him of his awkwardness that might
reveal his crime. Because Macbeth worships his self-esteem and selfish rights
and desires, he eventually forgets his virtue. Macbeth tells the others that he
has killed the guards of Duncan’s chamber. “O, yet I do repent me of my fury /
That I did kill them” (2.3. 103).
That power is abusive is clear as Macbeth wants to prevent Banquo from
having his prophecy put into reality. Macbeth wants his descendants, rather
than Banquo’s, to be kings. The only way is to get rid of Banquo.
Both Macbeth and Ken Arok are
Machiavellists, and both are defeated by the legitimate power. Anusapati, the
true heir of Tunggul Ametung, gains his sovereignity after taking revenge of
his father’s death. Malcolm gains the throne he deserves as the true heir of
Duncan with the help of Macduff. Macduff himself has his own motive of revenge
as well as his intention to fight against a tyrant when he slains Macbeth.
“Then yield thee, coward, / And live to be the show and gaze o’th’ time. /
We’ll have thee as our rarer monster, Painted upon a pole, and underwrit /
‘Here may you see the tyrant” (5.11. 24-27).
Macbeth serves as an example of tyranny to the world.
This works for Ken Arok too. While many interpretations state that the legend
of Ken Arok and Ken Dedes is a mere fiction, it is actually a reflection of the
mindsets and ideological contestations in Indonesia. The era of Singasari and
Majapahit marks the end of Hinduism in East Java and witnesses the beginning of
Islamic era in Javanese history. These can be regarded as
palimpsests of Indonesian history, which have continued to give shape and
colour to Indonesian cultural and political life to date.
CONCLUSION
Literary
works can spread rapidly in a short time to all parts of the world and then
inspire other writers to innovate or modify it into a variety of new literary
forms or genre. This tendency is certainly not just happened nowadays, but has
been happening since humans make contact with each other, verbally or in
writing. For example, Shakespeare's works are read in Japan and re-created by
the Japanese artist, and if we examined carefully Shakespeare's drama may taken
from other literary works.
It
is shown that Macbeth and Ken Arok has never influence each other. The
similarity found in both story shows us that ambitious is a human being
characteristic in everywhere including in Indonesia.
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Macbeth
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Ken Arok
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1
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Prophetic events that drive in gaining power
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Macbeth met 3 witches who told fortunes he would be a king.
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Ken Arok
saw Ken Dedes who possesses an aura of wisdom and power, and whoever marries
her will be a king and the father of kings said by Lohgawe, Ken Arok’s
teacher.
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2
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Original Status
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Macbeth is basically a noble man.
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Ken Arok is Raised by a thief, Ken Arok is
predestined to be a king and the father of kings.
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3
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Illegitimate way gaining power
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Macbeth is considered a tyrant.
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Killing Tunggul Ametung, then married Ken Dedes.
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4
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Controller of being ambitious
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Macbeth was controlled by Lady Macbeth.
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He himself with his expertise in political strategy.
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5
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Feeling of guilty
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Macbeth needs scapegoats not only to cover his crime
of murdering Duncan, but also to be free from guilty feelings.
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It is never told whether Ken Arok suffers from
guilt.
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6
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Both Macbeth and Ken Arok are Machiavellists, and
both are defeated by the legitimate power.
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7
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Both Macbeth and Ken Arok are example of tyrany
world
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