These two Shakespearean characters, Macbeth and Prospero, from Macbeth and The Tempest can be compared to each other a lot. From the start, these two men are hard to understand and seem like your average warrior and ruler. Both of these characters are dealing with a power struggle; however, they both approach this problem in different and interesting ways with different results. At the end of these two plays we meet two characters completely different from those we were introduced to from the beginning. In Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Tempest, Macbeth and Prospero, the two main characters have a lot in common and can be compared very well to each other. Macbeth, the main character of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, is difficult to understand throughout the play; as well as Prospero in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. From the beginning it is difficult to understand these characters and what they are like. For example, when you first meet Macbeth, he seems like a brave, heroic and truly capable warrior, but when we witness his interaction with the three witches we realize that there is another side of him that he hides. “I have no urge to prick the sides of my intent, but only an ambitious ambition that surpasses itself and falls upon the other.” (Act 1 scene 7) Macbeth struggles with all-consuming ambition and a sense of insecurity. Jamieson states, “Our perception of Macbeth as a brave soldier is eroded when we see how easily he is manipulated by Lady Macbeth.” Just like Macbeth, we realize that Prospero's character is not what it seems. Prospero is a sympathetic character who has been wronged by his brother. However, when we first meet Prospero, he comes across as a self-centered and ruthless man, which in turn makes him difficult to love. ...... half of the paper ...... presented from the beginning. Works Cited Bevington, David. "Macbeth character." Wikipedia. Np, 2011. Web. 12 January 2014. .Davidson, Arden. "Analysis of Prospero's Character." Humanities 360. Np, 2012. Web. 12 January 2014. .Jamieson, Lee. "Character Analysis of Macbeth". From. Np, 2013. Web. 12 January 2014. .- - -. "Prosperous." From. Np, 2013. Web. 12 January 2014. .Vineski, Patricia. “The Character of Macbeth: An Analysis.” Education portal. Np, 2006. Web. 12 January. 2014. .