Ambition is a characteristic of human nature. There is good ambition and there is ambition can expressed in an evil manner that can transform a person to evil. For example for good ambition, people must have ambition to chase other people who is stronger or more powerful then him. So this world can change and keep doing better everyday. However, evil ambition is to destroy who stronger and more powerful and become the strong and powerful one. It is normal that human always want to try to be the strongest and most powerful one in the world. Depends of which way you choose. One is to become stronger then the strongest one. One is to kill the strongest one and become strongest.
After hearing the prophecy from the witches, Macbeth won't believe what they say, But after one of the prophecy has come true, Macbeth ambition start. It is normal that Macbeth ambition start. If we think about it, before Macbeth talk to the witches, he just had a war to fight the Thane of Cawdor, he kill Thane of Cawdor in the war and then he become Thane of Cawdor. It is normal that Macbeth think to kill the King and then he can become the King.
Many things lead together to start an evil ambition. Now days we seems like all with good ambition. Maybe there is something we don't know.
When Macbeth is alone, he go into thoughts of the murder that he starts to hallucinate. "Is this a dagger which I see before me / The handle toward my hand?" and he try to reaches for it. But he can't grasp it, and he realizes that he's seeing the dagger which he will use in the murder, a dagger which motive him toward King Duncan's door, and a dagger upon which appear thick drops of blood. Macbeth knows that "It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes", and he wants to be as bloody as that dagger. The feeling of the dark in the night and bad dreams come. The moods of darkness which Murder itself seek in the night.
"Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghosts.
Macbeth's flaw, of course, is his ambition. ... Not only is ambition present in Macbeth, but in Lady Macbeth as well. Ambition motivates both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to commit dreadful deeds, and later, Macbeth's ambition turns into obsession. ... Macbeth's ambition is to become King. ... Lady Macbeth's ambition motivates Macbeth until he becomes a tyrant. ...
Macbeth's Ambition Whose ambitions drive the play more, Macbeth's or his lady's? ... Throughout the play, the figure of who is in control is frequently blurred, as Macbeth and his lady's ambitions trade places multiple times. ... Macbeth's ambitions are far superior to Lady Macbeth's, as he goes all the way with his and she loses it. But, in the end, it truly it is Lady Macbeth's ambition that propels the plot the farthest. This is only because she is the quite literal key that starts the engine of Macbeth's great ambition. ...
Macbeth's ambition decides his fate. ... It is Macbeth's choice to murder King Duncan, as he is responsible for his own ambitions. ... Macbeth makes the mistake of allowing Lady Macbeth to control and influence his thoughts, therefore further raising his ambitions. ... Through thoughts, actions and decisions, Macbeth ruins his life. ... Macbeth alters his fate through the action he takes and as a result, ruins his life. ...
One of the major themes is ambition, which in the end eventually leads to death. Ambition finds its most powerful expression in the play's two main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The ambition of these main characters leads to greed, insanity, and there own death. ... There are three main factors that contribute greatly to Macbeth's ambition and then insanity, the prophecy's told to him by the witches, Lady Macbeth influencing and manipulating Macbeth's judgment, and Macbeth's own ambition and greed to become king. ... With the help of the invisible spirits,...
Ambition is a theme of interest in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. ... Macbeth's ambition could be compared to the ambition, or lack there of, of Banquo's, they are both told there futures by the three witches, but what they do with that information is very different. ... Macbeth's ambition and greed leads to his downfall. ... Banquo shows us what happens when you take life as it comes and do not try to force things to happen, although he was killed he was a much happier person than Macbeth. The play Macbeth shows that ambition is something that should be avoided, it on...
In Shakespeare's tragedy, "Macbeth," ambition leads to the eventual fall of Macbeth. ... Lady Macbeth's ambition starts Macbeth's search for power. ... But after he killed him, Macbeth now no longer cares for life but his position on the throne. ... He lost all value of life because now all that really matters to him is power and keeping that power. ... Macbeth's ambition got so out of hand that it led to the tragedy his life became....
If it's true that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to teach readers the lesson that too much ambition how Macbeth had to become king is wrong, there would be enough reasons on why people might agree or disagree with what Shakespeare's exact message was for creating Macbeth, but the lesson of too much ambition I would agree with that. As for Nietzsche, who disagreed and said he claims Shakespeare actually admired Macbeth's ambition. ... Nietzsche could be someone who enjoys how Macbeth achieved what he wanted with the heartless ambition he had.I would say that I agree more with Shakespe...
Ambition and greed are portrayed effectively in William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth." ... Ambition may barely even affect anyone else. ... In "Macbeth", the lead character, Macbeth, really does not know if he is going to get what he want with ambition, therefore he uses greed unknowing whether he is going to attain it with or without any consequences. ... Macbeth was a very ambition man, but greed slowly creeps into him and affected his decisions. ... I think my goal is ambitious because it is not negatively affecting me or anyone in my life. ...
Macbeth: Ambition is Root of All Evil It is said that ambition is the key to success. ... Lady Macbeth, his wife, then pushes the ambition. After the murdering of Duncan, Macbeth has gained enough ambition himself to cause his own destruction. ... Each murder kills more and more of Macbeth's morality, and builds his ambitions. ... Through his own ambitions, the ambitions of his wife, and the prophesies of the witches, Macbeth has caused his own destruction and downfall. ...
