Who is Macbeth similar to in the real world? This was a hard one for me. After much consideration i have decided to compare him to Adolf Hitler. Although I am positive that I won't be the only one. Hitler and Macbeth are similar in many ways. They were both very power hungry and being extremely power hungry destroyed both of them. They both killed people to gain the power that they held. Neither cared who or what they killed in order to gain the power that they did receive. Hitler was apart of the German army, while Macbeth was involved in the Scottish Army. Neither Macbeth or Hitler would surrender, they both would rather fight to the end or commit suicide. Macbeth and Hitler were both corrupt men that only cared about themselves.