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[|Lady Macbeth] is known to be ruthless, manipulative, and power hungry. She pushes her husband to commit murder to the King of Scotland. Even though Shakespeare’s famous evil women **(woman!!!!)** is fiction, she is still very similar to the Romanian dictators **(dictator's)** wife, [|Elena Ceausescu]. Elena married into the wealthy family of [|Nicolae Ceausescu], a Romanian Communist leader, where she became a major political figure. Right away she took the new power she had just inquired **(acquired)** into her selfish possession and became “the most hated person in Romania during the 25-year rule of her husband” ("Elena Ceausescu"). Elena Ceausescu parallels with Lady Macbeth in many different ways. Elena, wife of Romania leader Nicolae Ceausescu, married into her wealth. She advanced to be a major political figure in [|Romania]. From her husband’s fame, Elena soon became very well known within her country as well. Like Lady Macbeth, Elena only became powerful when her husband became the new general secretary of the Communist party. Lady Macbeth and Elena Ceausescu are both similar in that they were manipulative of their husbands, power hungry, and in result**(as a result they)** both caused their own downfall. Neither Lady Macbeth nor Elena killed anyone. However, both women used their power and cruelty to manipulate others that led to death. As for Lady Macbeth, she was persistent with her idea of killing [|Duncan]. She even mentioned about turning into a man in order to do the deed herself, by saying**** “Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/ Of direst Cruelty” (1.5.40-43). Although she did not directly kill Duncan, she was the main person behind his death that helped [|Macbeth] go through with the murder. Similar**(ly)**, Elena was the leader behind some scandals that indirectly killed many people in her country. She and her husband eliminated birth control in the 1970’s, which concluded in many unwanted newborns and overpopulated orphanages. Elena and her husband**** Nicolae, also did not believe in [|AIDS]. They claimed it was a syndrome in the west and that their country would not suffer from the disease. In result **(As a result)**, they were responsible for one of the largest outbreaks of AIDS in the western world. Their quest for power was one of the negative characteristics that gave them this evilness. Both women were very power-hungry. Although they demonstrate their obsession with power in different ways, they definitely present it in their daily lives. Lady Macbeth struggles with the power issue by becoming more and more greedy. She and Macbeth go through suspects trying to kill them off to make sure they are guaranteed their fame and wealth. Lady Macbeth gets so caught up in the act of rising to the top;**(change this semicolon to a comma)** she does not even realize her evilness. When Macbeth is regretting killing Duncan**** she instead says, “My hands are of your color, but I shame/ To wear a heart so white” (2.3.63-64). She is not worried about who she is taking down as long as she is climbing up the social ladder. Elena was also known for the desire to be well known. She did not do well in school and not surprisingly failed out. However, with her name she was able to rise to the top as well. She earned a doctorate in chemistry but solely from her name, not her intelligence. After that, she strived to keep going in gaining more power and recognition. A diplomat at the Romanian Embassy in Washington uses a passage from the book, //Kiss the Hand you Cannot Bite,// **(don't enclose the book title in commas - it's necessary information)** to describe Elena by saying, “Being an ignorant, uneducated, primitive kind of woman, she really thought that if she has some titles after her name, it would change her image” (Lovatt). With both women interested in becoming recognized, their power hungry nature led them to their down fall **(all one word)**. - **good analysis** Portending Lady Macbeth’s downfall, she soon felt so guilty that she pretended to wash the blood off of her hands in her sleep while saying, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One; two:/ why, then tis time to do’t. Hell is murky” (5.1.36-37). This paranoia of the remembrance of the murders led her to suicide. The need for power in her life to become higher in society affected her later on by her guilty conscience. Elena’s strive**(desire)** to become the most powerful women **(woman!!!)** in Romania led to her death as well. She was captured and charged for trying to turn the country into a communist control and the people of Romania overthrew her. While she was being executed she “was screaming at everybody to go to hell!” ("Elena Ceausescu"). Both Lady Macbeth and Elena had a horrific death that was the result of their crulety**(misspelled)**. Elena Ceausescu and Lady Macbeth lived very equivalent lives; **(change this colon to a comma)** both accomplishing murders throughout their rein **(reign)** of power. Once they obtained their new power **** they became avid to obtain even more. Their determination and manipulative personality drove others to follow them in their obscene ideas. Both Elena and Lady Macbeth became self destructive which led to their downfall. Together, they made an effect on their countries,**(delete this comma)** and people’s lives that will be remembered forever.