The Downside of Ambition Explored in Macbeth

The demanding power of ambition is noted through Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth. Within this play, ambition is portrayed as a corrupting and unquenchable force through the main concepts of mental imbalance, supernatural behaviours and betrayal. The all-consuming desires of Macbeth and their repercussions are vividly enhanced through the use of various expressive literary techniques. Within the play, there are countless references of the supernatural, which often transpired to tragedies. An example such supernatural ambition occurs between the witches; “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (Act 1, Scene 1, pg 29). This quote from the opening scene reverses the syntactic structure and symbolizes a reversal in the logical order of the play as well as

Ambition is often the driving force in one’s life. It can have an extremely dominant impact on not only yourself, but also many people in your surroundings. You have the ability to control if the outcomes either have a lasting negative or positive effect. When a goal requires determination and hard work to complete, personal morals often take a back seat to the aspiration of accomplishing the goal. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, it is clear that like many other great leaders, Macbeth exemplifies the necessary leadership virtue of ambition. Macbeth’s ambition does not just drive him to do great things. It in fact controls him. The playwright explores the idea of how an individual’s ambition can cause them to deceive others, make irrational

There are many different themes displayed in Shakespeare's famous play Macbeth. Many of these themes play with nature, the supernatural, and fate. From ghosts to horses eating each other the play uses symbolism, language, and characters to portray these themes. During the play the audience learns of several themes such as ambition, guilt, fate versus free will, nature versus the unnatural, and how things are not always as they seem.

Negative ambition fills the minds of many people across the world. However, we are going to look at a specific example from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The main character from this play is Macbeth who is struggling with an ambition to become the king of Scotland. This paper will demonstrate that Macbeth is an accurate example of negative ambition.

Ambition and fate play a huge role in the play Macbeth. Fate determined the series of events that occurred. Ambition set the attitude of the characters going for something they wanted to achieve. For example, Macbeth wanting to become king.

What does Shakespeare's “Macbeth” show us about human nature and how a person's ambition can drive them to do very foolish, and dangerous things to get what they want. In this I will take a look at how ambition or desire can affect a person's judgement, as well as affect themselves and the people around them.

Macbeth, the play about corruption, murder, and the quest for power reflects upon the nature of greed and ambition. Set in Scotland, the play is based upon the character Macbeth; a noble who receives a prophecy from some witches about him becoming the king of Scotland. He then, strives to rule Scotland and fulfill the prophecy he has heard. However, Macbeth’s ambition for power ends up corrupting him, swaying him from the path of good and ultimately causes his death.

In Macbeth ambition plays a huge role in character devolvement. Ambition affects four of the major characters. The characters are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Malcom, and Banquo. The sisters are the source of Ambition. It is as if they control ambition. The ambition the sisters’ control is negative ambition. Ambition is, wanting to have more then you have and wanting it now.

The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare recounts Macbeth's meteoric rise as a soldier and promising future leader whose megalomaniacal ambition led to his tragic downfall. In addition to Macbeth's ambitions, which initially enable him to be strong leader and soldier, he is influenced heavily by his wife, Lady Macbeth, and the three witches that prophesize his ascent to the throne, as well as warn him of his eventual demise. It can be argued that it is Macbeth's ambition that allows him to succeed in his endeavors, however the goals to which he is working toward influence the results of his hard work. Macbeth's ambitions help him to become a war hero, and as his goals change, his ambitions drive him to become a tyrannical villain.

Ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. In Williams Shakespeare 's Macbeth the characters Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have a strong desire to ascend the throne and they are determined to do whatever it takes in order to achieve this goal, including deceiving and killing those they are closest to. The zeal of ambition predominately persuades both characters actions in Macbeth. Lady Macbeth portrays how the forces of ambition strike her to instil a powerful drive in her husband, also how she demonstrates an overweening pride and lack of morals in order to reach a goal and lastly how ambition leads Macbeth to betray those cares about most.

Throughout Macbeth written by Shakespeare, the theme of those obtaining an excessive amount of ambition will only bring misery to them in return is illustrated. After Macbeth hears the prophecies of him becoming king of Scottland and Banquo becoming a father of kings, Macbeth becomes ambitious in gaining the power of a king. In order for Macbeth to become king quickly, he kills King Duncan, king of Scottland. After the death of King Duncan, Macbeth is paranoid and hears voices crying “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more”(2.2.40-41). The haunting voices that follow Macbeth after he murders King Duncan is a misery caused by Macbeth’s ambition to become king. After Macbeth becomes

Many Shakespearian dramas, like Macbeth, are inspired by the ancient Greek notion of tragedy and the fall of man; much of which is powered by one’s lust for greater gains. Correspondingly, the play reveals how ambition creates the capability of deteriorating a man’s morality and world. This is presented through the titular character and his “dearest partner of greatness” (P. 23) and the consequences of their actions.

Ambition and Destruction: Drugs and Murder Will you do everything to get what you want? If your answer is yes then think again, it can lead to disastrous situations. Macbeth is a play that deals with ambition and the negative effects it can have. People relate to this play nowadays because it is a reflection of human nature at its core. This is why the Russian Doping Scandal can be compared to this play.

First off, Macbeth’s ambition leads him to fall into paranoia. It drives him mad, and makes him hallucinate. Macbeth kills so many men seamlessly but after the murder of Banquo he begins to go crazy. “Macbeth does murder sleep…Macbeth shall sleep no more.”(II.II). When he sleeps he sees Banquo and he cannot deal with the guilt. He even began to have visions of Banquo’s ghost “If thou canst nod, speak too. /if charnel-houses and our graves must send/those that we bury back, our monuments/shall be the maws of kites.”(III.IV) Not only does he ask the murderers twice if Banquo is dead but he also becomes paranoid because Fleance got away. In Act 3 scene 4, Macbeth as king holds a feast with all his friends. During this feast he begins to hallucinate, he sees Banquo’s ghost. Lady

And they all lived happily ever after. One of the most famous (and cliched) ways to end a story, where the burning desire of ambition leads characters to accomplish amazing things, to achieve their happily ever after. But when does the burning desire of ambition to become one's best self turn into a roaring inferno that consumes one and leads him to destroying everything with in his grasp? Perhaps, when ambition erodes one’s moral compass. Unchecked ambition leads the seeker to extreme ways of gaining power and making poor choices. Often when people are over ambitious they let their morals deteriorate until they have no compassion. In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Shakespeare demonstrates through his character Macbeth that unchecked ambition