How does Macbeth's ambition lead him to his tragic demise

How seriously detrimental would be the actions of a single person need to be, to have had all those around him turn against, conspire and despise him? What ambition or motivation must be possessed to carry out such heinous acts with such obvious catastrophic consequences? Macbeth was one who had written the chapters of his own life with the weight of growing ambition upon his shoulders and his crumbling morality at his feet, this being what led him to his tragic demise.

“All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee Thane of Cawdor!” “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” Would it be inaccurate to assume that if prophesised that you were to be king and have an entire country at your disposal, that you would not crave and develop an insatiable desire and ambition to be so? This weakness in human nature and flaw of character had slowly begun its consumption of Macbeth, which had ultimately already begun to drive his ambition to unimaginable peaks. Once the ‘three weird sisters’ had prophesised that Macbeth were to not only to be the Thane of Cawdor, but to also be the ruler of his own country, it were to Macbeth an unrealistic dream. However, after the first

Macbeth had hardly been satisfied with the means in which he went about to become king. It was the lingering guilt of King Duncan’s bloodshed that had left Macbeth feeling uneasy and insecure of those surrounding him, he was willing to go to any extent to prevent those around him to finding out the truth. Macbeth’s guilt is portrayed when he states, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red” “To know my deed, ‘twere best not know myself. Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst.” It was Macbeth’s greed for power and his ambition to maintain it, which then crossed paths with his guilt that drove him to kill those around him he perceived as a threat. Macbeth being so riddled with insecurity saw it fit to rest the lives of his best friend Banquo and his son. This was a direct result from the prophecies the witches had spoken to Banquo. These prophecies were “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none” This was astronomically intimidating for Macbeth, this was due to the fact that the witches had cast such an accurate forecast of his fate, the same must therefore apply to Banquo’s. Macbeth perceived this as his rule being intervened and threatened. Macbeth’s vaulting ambition to maintain his status as king, drove him to then deviously conspire with three men to arrange Banquo and his son Fleance’s death. Yet with each death, each act of debauchery it was Macbeth that all the suspic

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