Macbeth

Attila The Hun

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Connection to the Declaration of

Human Rights

Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are

endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.
Attila

Macbeth

-Saw himself and the Huns as masters and

everyone else as slaves

-Turned on his best friend Banquo out of fear and

killed him -It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight,/ If it

-Many of his victims called him the "scourge of

God" because they felt he was sent as punishment
for their sins

-Became arrogant with power, saw himself as

undefeatable - Thou wast born of woman/But swords I

find heaven, must find it out to-night. (III,I,164-5)

smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, /Brandish'd by man that's

of a woman born.(V,VII,141-2)

Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading

treatment or punishment.
Attila

Macbeth

-He tortured, raped and murdered anyone in his

way

-Killed Macduffs family as punishment because he

did not attend his coronation

-Huns terrified all those who saw them; wherever

they went, they left behind ravaged fields, smoking
ruins, and countless dead

-Killed Macdonwald for betraying scotland-Till he

unseamed him from the nave to th' chops,/And fixed his
head upon our battlements.(I,II,22-23)

Article 12: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family,
home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the
right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Attila
-Invaded many homes and villages, murdering
everyone inside
-Massacred huge populations in pursuit of gold

Macbeth
-Murdered king Duncan in his sleep
-Invaded Macduffs family

Article 25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and

well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness,
disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Attila
-Executed those who were unloyal to him
-Stole hundreds of pounds of roman gold, the
surrounding empires were depleting while Attila
got richer

Macbeth
-Neglected his wife and let her mental health suffer
with lack of care-Cure her of that/...Use some drug to
erase the troubling thoughts from her brain(VI,III,41)

-Did nothing to help the people of scotland during

the short time he ruled