Macbeth Diary Entries

“Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.” – Buddha. Buddha was a wise man and knew that someone who is ambitious can get very impatient when it comes to delaying their plan and having rivals that share the same goals. Ambition is often the result of one good thing happening which leads to one pursuing their dreams more and more. Although ambition can be a good thing, it can also be bad. Twisting people 's judgment on reality and making them perform actions they wouldn 't normally do. Such is the case in Macbeth where ambition causes Macbeth to go through with a murderous plot to become king that involves his wife plotting the murder and going insane. In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare expresses the theme of ambition by

"Macbeth" is a tragic play that was written by William Shakespeare in the early 1600’s. It revolved around the character Macbeth and his urge to become king of Scotland. Macbeth had to do anything possible to become the king including murder, lying, and deception. However, Macbeth committed these evil deeds due to some influential people in his life. Between Macbeth’s wife persuading him to do anything to become king and the witches prophesying over him causes Macbeth to try and bury the past and control the future.

Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is about the leading male protagonist succumbing to his ambition and need for power. Though Macbeth is liable for his own actions, he is not solely responsible for the events that eventually result in his downfall. Macbeth is corrupted by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the three weird sisters. Macbeth’s contribution towards his downfall is his strong ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is the person who induces Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. The three weird sisters (witches) play with Macbeth’s ambitious nature and sense of security. Macbeth’s downfall is due to himself and two external factors.

After this Macbeth kills Macduff whole family and servants to send Macduff a message for being disloyal and he thinks that Macduff suspects him of something as well. This is shown when Macbeth says “The castle of Macduff I will surprise, Seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his

/For it is thine. ¨ King Duncan had noticed the loyalty Macbeth displayed to his home by serving the country, and since the King knew of the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, King Duncan had awarded Macbeth the next Thane of Cawdor, just as how the witches predictions. As Macbeth keeps dwelling on the sister witches’ prophecies we can infer, Macbeth wants this fortunes to come true, so the news brought by the two men must sound exciting to Macbeth. Macbeth knew he would be the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor now but power tends to go straight to people 's head and now he wants to be king, the evident through lines 149 and 160 “Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill, / Why hath it given me earnest of success, / Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, / Against the use of nature? Present fears / Are less than horrible imaginings: / My thought, whose

When the three witches delivered the prophecies in the first act they hailed Macbeth is “Thane of Cawdor”, “Thane of Glamis”, and also claimed that shall soon become king. While Macbeth is bewildered and

Thou hath taken part in many wrong-doings. Murder and treason are causes for death sentences. The rush was sensational. The feelings building up inside me were a mixture of anxiousness and delight. What a womanly character, my husband that is, for he hath guilt written all across every wrinkle in his brain. “My hands are of your color, but I shame/ To wear a heart so white.” (2.2. 82-83). The scene replays over and over in my mind. There is always those little voices in the back of my head. One telling me exactly to place the pieces of evidence and the other reprimanding me for the horrid deed my husband and I hath carried out. Of course, I feel a little remorse for murdering the king of Scotland, but now that my husband shall become king, that makes me queen. Is there no better a reward for the death of merely one person? I have simply removed an obstacle that was in my way. Any creature that stands in my way will be obliterated, for I hath been unsexed and the great spirits have taken “my milk for gall” (1.5. 55).

Macbeth believes that his fate is to be the King of Scotland. However, it cannot excuse that he betray his King, his killing of innocent people like Macduff’s families, and his greed and ambitious

such a crime. I now feel doubt, I hold no real trust any one. I cannot

In this extract, Macbeth responds to the witches prophecies. “Two truths are told, As happy as prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme.” The witches have been proved right on two counts, they correctly said Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor as well as Glamis. And how he hopes the next largest truth will come true and he will become the King of Scotland. Shakespeare begins to show the conflict within Macbeth, “This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill, why hath it given me earnest of success Commencing in a truth?”

Today was the day I so patiently had been waiting for, coronation day! As a commoner it was almost unheard of to be able to visit the castle amongst the royals. I walked up to the tall door and entered the grand dining hall. The dining hall was dark and cold sending a shiver up my spine. The sound of laughter and conversation bounced off the walls overpowering the room. That was when I saw him, Macbeth, our future King, accompanied by his wife. Macbeth looked even taller and wiser in person, he was the type of man anyone would want as their king. At least that was what I had thought.

Let me explain, today I received a letter from Macbeth stating that he was approached by witches, he referred to them as “the weird sisters”, and he said that they saw unimaginable things stored in the future for Macbeth. They told him that he would become king of Scotland…King of Scotland!

This whole ceremony was a disaster that will lead to Macbeth’s fall my lord. Things were said and done at this event that no one thane should have seen or heard. Once we left the banquet you could hear the rumors on the street about the king, how he had gone mad, but those who were knowledgeable, began to think about the things that had happened and began to ask questions about the resent murders.

In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth, a once honored and valiant Thane, abandons all virtue after three meddling witches prophesize his ascent to the Scottish throne. Consumed by his ambition and encouraged by his malevolent wife, Macbeth sets forth on a downward spiral of murderous treason and tyranny that subsequently leads to his own demise. This Shakespearean tragedy explores betrayal, manipulation and the blood lust that adjoins a relentless climb for power. Hovering behind the narrative are various supernatural forces and visions that seem to be present during each terrible act. Subsequently, a question prevails whether Macbeth’s downfall is result of his own flaw or if these forces possess a vice-like hold over

Macduff: Thou art a slave to thine own sin. I hast traveled here on my own bidding, to do away with thou, i’ is my honour to the land of our country to do away with thou.