Ambition In Macbeth And Wall Street

Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ and Oliver stones ‘wall street’ set in distinct time periods, explore the concept that one’s longings for ambition can become overpowering and eventually lead to one’s moralities being recognised. The texts both illustrate that greedy ambition will lead to one’s downfall, that ambition causes people of weak character to behave corruptly to attain their goals, and that ultimately ambition comes with a price.

Firstly, in Macbeth ambition is portrayed as seductive yet ethically destructive, in the text both characters who are frail are charmed to pursuing their ambitions at the cost of their own humanity. In ‘Macbeth’ this is shown through the protagonist and how the ambition due to the influence of the witches takes over the like of Macbeth. While in ‘wall street’ Bud initially exits gekko’s office with a close up of his face portraying an astonishment to his lifestyle and work ethic, throughout the movie Fox is under the influence of Gordon gecko, and the the illegal actions that takes place in become ‘successful’. This is

In ‘wall street’ the lifestyle of Bud went from normal too good to worse being he had to pay the price for the unlawful and immoral actions he committed Buds ambition in the movie drove him downhill and the price that the character needed to pay affected his life. Whereas in ‘Macbeth’ the protagonists own ambition drove him to his death The price that bud fox had to pay wasn’t negotiable and the only thing that bud ever ‘dreamed’ of was to do’ business with a man’ like Gordon and never wanted to end up in the circumstances that he had to. In ‘Macbeth’ everyone around the protagonist knew that Macbeth became ‘malicious’ and disastrous with the ambition that had taken over his life which resulted in Macduff ‘beheading’ the unauthorised king. This exemplifies the idea that ambition comes with a price and does affect the lives of one who doesn’t use it in a endorsed manner