TEOGROMITMM ~ Week 2

At first look, the play that we just read and Macbeth seem to have absolutely no similarities whatsoever.  However, when one looks deeper into the characters and situations, the two plays mirror each other in multiple ways.  Of course, they definitely have their differences, as well.  Both plays have a sense of a looming ans sinister spirit around everyone's heads, though the characters manage to both push it aside and use it as an advantage.  The rage that many characters feel helps to drive their ambitions, whether they be good or bad.
Marigolds and Macbeth differ in many, many ways.  First of all, their place and time are very different.  Marigolds takes place in the 1900s (most likely in America), while Macbeth takes place in Scotland many centuries ago.  In Marigolds, most of the characters are women, while Macbeth only has two female characters in whole, one of which is quite insignificant.  No characters in Macbeth have the honest drive to kill humans, though they mention it at points and a rabbit is killed.  The people in Macbeth have no other wish than to gain power through murdering those who sit above them in society.  The goals of the main characters in Macbeth are much more effective and powerful than the less-apparent goals of the women in Marigolds.  Marigolds ends on a stronger and more hopeful note than Macbeth.  Instead of the death and darkness that Macbeth consumes the reader with at its end, Marigolds wraps up the story with an enigma, one that contains a small and glowing light in a dark room.  Overall, Marigolds contains much more hope and light than the gruesomely dark story of Macbeth.
Macbeth and Marigolds are also very similar, especially in the character formation.  Beatrice and Lady Macbeth have multiple traits that mirror each other.  They are driven by the abilities and disabilities of those who are close to them, thought the outcomes of such emotion are not quite as good as they could be.  They have the feeling that things can be better when certain parts in their lives are instantly eliminated, hence their actions of murdering the rabbit/powerful human beings. 
Ruth and Tillie both resemble Macbeth in different ways.  Tillie's innocence and content with her less than perfect life resemble Macbeth's wish to remain in a safe position no matter how low down it may be.  However, Tillie and Macbeth accept opportunities to become more well-known and powerful, even if they feel reluctant in doing so.  Ruth resembles Macbeth after he receives more power, becoming more cocky.  Ruth is the eldest child and therefore tends to act more pompous knowing that she has I higher throne than her younger sister.  Macbeth, after being told that his defeat was impossible, acted more pompous in the knowing that he is stronger than all men born of women. 
Marigolds and Macbeth have similarities and differences throughout their stories and within their deeper meanings.