Both Macbeth and the “Outerbanks” show how ambition can lead one to do bad things that will most definitely lead to worse consequences. Macbeth’s ambition to become king and stay king is very similar to Ward Cameron’s ambition to get the gold from the royal merchant as well, which leads him to kill one person, and to be involved in the death of another person. This leads him to his death, which in comparison is very similar to Macbeth. In Macbeth, the main character, Macbeth uses his ambition to kill king Duncan, which in turn leads him down a path of killing others until it leads to his own death. When Macbeth initially kills Duncan, he shows that he is not quite ready to do so, and that the vision of killing Duncan even makes him guilty. After …show more content…
Because of this, he becomes numb to the pain of killing others. Soon after, he decides to kill more people because of his lack of emotion after killing Duncan. The news spreads, and this leads Macduff into thinking that Macbeth is a bad king. Explaining the situation to Malcolm, Macduff says that Macbeth is like an “evil dog from the depths of hell.” That is because Macbeth has killed so many people in order to get to/keep the position that he is in as king. Because of this, Macduff thinks that the right thing to do is kill Macbeth in order to save Scotland from having a poor king. Macbeth finally decides to fight/surrender Macduff, which leads him to getting killed. Both of these examples show how the ambition from the initial killing of Duncan led to Macduff thinking that Macbeth is a terrible king, which in the end leads to Macbeth’s death. In the TV show, “The Outer Banks” one of the main characters, Ward, has a strong ambition to find the gold from the Royal Merchant. This leads him to be involved in the killing of 2, 1 of which he