![]() ![]() But again, he never thought of the drugs, the hookers or anything that goes against his common will. Like Macbeth, Jordan craves money, and power. He even kills his best friend, Banquo, just so he can get what he wants! His ending is tragic, as he is defeated by the one thing he thought could never kill him. Then he continues to do these acts and starts to push his guilt/overall emotions away, and becomes a heartless person in the process. He really didn’t want to kill Duncan but did it mostly because of Lady Macbeth’s taunting. I mean Macbeth had a fantasy to come out on top, but never thought of going against everything to reach his goal. ![]() Jordan Belfort and Macbeth are both mostly blind/ignorant at first. Here, let me compare and show you what I mean: ![]() Isn’t weird that a 2013 movie helped further my understanding of Shakespeare? Both works contain basically the same characters, motifs and themes. But honestly, I mostly wanted to watch it because of Leonardo Dicaprio (it’s not hard to stare at him for three hours straight, if you know what I’m saying.) So I rented it, and while watching it I couldn’t help but think of Macbeth pretty much the entire time. So when I saw The Wolf of Wall Street, I thought it would be a great movie for me to watch. One night, I thought, “why not rent a movie to watch? Watching a movie is always fun.” I wanted to see a relatively new one that I had never seen before. Most of the time during April vacation, I felt pretty bored. ![]()
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