Ambition is The Root of All Ev
It is said that ambition is the key to success, but in the case of Shakespeare's Macbeth, ambition leads Macbeth to his downfall. Macbeth is offered with the ambition by the supernatural power of the three witches. Lady Macbeth, his wife, then pushes the ambition. After the murdering of King Duncan, Macbeth has gained enough ambition himself to cause his own destruction. At the end, his tragic flaw forces him to face his destiny. We can see a clear building of desire throughout the play. Macbeth is first introduced to the limits of his power and his ambition by the three witches, who inform him that he will be the next king of Scotland. The witches are the ones who plant the actual idea of killing King Duncan into Macbeth's mind, because they were taken very seriously in the Elizabethan Age. Shakespeare foreshadows Macbeth's corruption through his meeting with these three wi
In the end, as expected, Macbeth is overthrown and killed. Through the prophesies of the witches, the ambition of his wife, and his own ambition, Macbeth has caused his own destruction and downfall. From Macbeth, we can now clearly see that ambition can lead to destruction, and if not controlled well, it can lead to a breakdown. Although now that Macbeth has the thought of becoming king inside of him, he is still not capable of killing King Duncan. His morality keeps him from performing any such mission. He is also fully aware of the destructive power of his ambition. In act I, scene vii, he even tells us,
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