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Brave New World and Macbeth

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Living a life without greed leads to happiness. Being satisfied with one’s possessions leads to a fulfilling life which is supported by Brave New World on the other hand, Macbeth shows the product of not following the above, leading to a life of misery and struggles. In Brave New World, the people of the World State do what they are programmed to do, nothing more, nothing less. For one thing, when the director explained about the baby-making factory, he says, “Community, Identity, Stability” (1. 18-21). He evidences the importance of community and how working together leads to a peaceful and stable community. People of the World State do what their suppose to, what they are conditioned to do, and this leads to happiness. Furthermore, the director continues to say “That is the secret to happiness-liking what you’ve got to-do, All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.” The director sciences that being satisfied with what one already has leads to happiness. Conditioning furthermore foolproof the people’s satisfaction, thus creating a permanent sense of happiness. To add on, during the lessons in the baby making factory, the director continues to say, “Alpha children wear grey clothes. They work much harder than we do because they[re frightfully clever. I’m actually glad I’m a beta because I don’t work so hard.” The people of the world state are conditioned to like themselves and not want what others have. The people lack greed and are conditioned to be satisfied. This gives them a sense of happiness because to them, they already have everything they could possible dream of and could possibly need I their life. In brave New world, Huxley emphasizes that satisfaction leads to happiness. On the other hand, Macbeth by Shakespeare shows that life with greed leads to unhappiness and insanity, eventually reaching the pinnacle, death. Macbeth shows his greed from the beginning of t

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