When Good People Commit Horrible Crimes

The nicest of people sometimes choose to commit the worst of crimes. Governor Eliot Spitzer’s main goal in becoming a politician was to regulate ethics in everyday life. He was a relatively good guy, at least as far as politicians go. Before he was governor of New York, he was the attorney general for eight years. He was well known for his interest against corporate corruption. When he was running for governor, his main promise was to change state politics as soon as possible. Ethics was high on his list. When he did take office, he did nothing that he promised. He was slowly losing respect. He resigned on March 12, 2008, only about a year after he took office. The reason for his resignation was due to the fact that he was involved in a sex scandal. He went from trying to eliminate these scandals to actually taking part in them himself. How can people listen to him if he is a hypocrite? He lost all the respect that he spent years trying to gain. He was forced to resign. His life will never be the same again. He lost all the respect that he gained throughout the years of being a politician. He betrayed his faimly and the people of New York.

Macbeth, a well trusted thane, was a genuinely good person. Just like Spitzer, Macbeth committed a crime that would change his life forever. Out of greed, Macbeth killed the king. He only thought about the immediate results; he did not think about the long term reprecussions. Immediately after killing the king, Macbeth regretted the murder that he commited. He knew that this was a bad idea, and that he would be strongly penalized for his actions. He wasn’t sure what was going to happen, but he knew something would.
Macbeth did not have a good reason to kill the king. The king was nothing but good to Macbeth. Macbeth was slowly moving up the ranks; however, if he did nothing, Macbeth would never have the chance to become king. If he wanted to become king, he would have had to take action, yet killing the loyal king was not right. Macbeth was not in line for the throne; therefore, he should not have ever had the chance to become king. Whether he deserved to or not is irrelevant, for that is not how kings were selected. Macbeth’s actions were out of line and extremely unjustified. The king was good to him and did not deserve to be killed. Both Macbeth and Govenor Spitzer did unjustifable actions that will change their lives drastically in the future.