Ambition And Temptation In Macbeth

Ambition and Temptation in Macbeth.
Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, shows a variety of themes throughout the play, but the one that stands out the most is ambition and temptation. Being ambitious does not necessarily always have to be a negative trait. Ambition alone is a great trait to obtain. Good ambition can quickly turn to bad when temptation gets involved.
For example, at the beginning of this play, a reader can infer that Macbeth was an ambitious man. The proof lies in Macbeth’s achievements. Macbeth was the Thane of Cawdor, and he was a good warrior. Macbeth had to be an ambitious person to achieve his rank as Thane and to be the strong warrior he was. The example in the preceding sentence shows how ambition can be a good trait. Though in this play, Macbeth lets his ambition and temptation get the best of him. For example, Macbeth is

Once he got rich, he became unstoppable. Jordan was tempted by drugs, women, and most of all, greed. In one year, Jordan would personally make fifty million dollars. By earning that much money in one year, Jordan became known as “ The Wolf of Wall Street.” Jordan would have likely never done this, but his intense ambition and temptation led him to take the wrong and easy way to get rich.
Just like Macbeth, Jordan's reign finally came to an end and he had to pay the consequences for his actions. In 1999, Jordan Belfort admitted to fraud and other related charges. Jordan was fined 110 million dollars, and he spent twenty-two months in jail. Luckily, for Jordan he was not murdered like Macbeth was, but both of these men had to pay the price for letting temptation get the best of them.
Macbeth and Jordan Belfort and similar in many ways, but also different. Unlike Macbeth, Jordan received a chance to start over. While in jail, Jordan wrote two books. His books were The Wolf of Wall Street and Catching the Wolf of Wall Street. The Wolf of Wall Street was later adapted to a