Lauren+P.

The times of peace, times of terror, and times of changes have come and gone. Malcolm, the son of Duncan, takes his rightful place as king after the evil usurper, Macbeth**** is murdered. One such time in history is similar to that of Macbeth’s rein**(misspelled - reign)** and that is the time of Hitler. However, once Hitler committed suicide**** the power was past **(passed)** to [|Theodor Heuss], who in many ways resembles Malcolm. **(good intro.)**

Both men came to power at a very critical time for their countries. In Germany, Hitler had just given up the war by killing himself. [|WWII] was coming to an end, but the country was in shambles. Theodor Huess had and **(an)** important job of rebuilding Germany to its once great self. Malcolm, the rightful king of Scotland, came to power after the evil Macbeth was killed by Macduff. Like Heuss he had an important job in rebuilding his country. Macbeth let the country be run to the ground before he died and Malcolm had to put it back together. This quote from Lennox shows that the country is indeed suffering.**Use a colon here instead of a period)** "Fly to t Court of England and unfold His messae ere he come, that a swift blessing May soon return to this our suffering country Under the hand accursed!" (46-49, 6, 3) **(long quotes do no get enclosed in quotation marks; also, your citation should be act.scene.line#)**

Malcolm and Heuss have very similar situations regarding their rise to power. Malcolm**** for instance**** had to bring food to his county **(country)** of starving people and stop the suffering of his people. Heuss has a very similar job. The war was over. Thousands of Jews had just been exterminated, and many remained in hiding. People were scared. His job was to bring stability back to his country and push the fear from everyone’s heart. Many of Heuss’s people were also starving, due to their extreme attempts to avoid [|The SS]. He had to find a way to bring food for them as well as rebuild the war torn Germany.**(good comparison)**

In many ways Malcolm and Theodor Heuss almost seem connected. Both were also military men. Active in their countries**(')** militaries, both men fought beside the very man they would eventually wish to destroy. Though they did not know it at the time, they would one day become rulers of their countries. They would have to clean up the mess created by the former ruler. It is for this and above reasons why Theodor Heuss resembles Malcolm, from //Macbeth//. [|Lauren P.doc]