Examples Of Ambition In Macbeth

Ambition: The common cause of death Ambition, the source of turmoil in a person's fate, may lead to their deaths. Although Macbeth and Lady Macbeth already have a noble position and are respected by people. They both did actions which would leave great sins on their hands while also losing their morals. In Shakespeare ‘s Macbeth, the ambition for more power has led Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to their deaths.

Even though Macbeth has a respectable noble standing, his will for power made him perform traitorous acts. Macbeth ponders about his plans, “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair…” (1.3. 136-137). Macbeth's disarray of thoughts depicts him wondering if he should kill King Duncan, the king he

During the time period where the play was placed, ladies were deemed to be pure and loyal. However, throughout the whole play Lady Macbeth was cruel and meticulous. As Lady Macbeth reads her letter out loud she says, “Art not without Ambition, but without the illness should attend it” (1.5. 18-19). To Lady Macbeth, ambition alone is not enough. When she mentions “illness” it means wickedness. She means to say that wickedness must also accompany ambition, but Macbeth does noy have this wickedness to kill King Duncan. This leads to her becoming more cruel due to gaining more power. Lady Macbeth talks out loud to herself, “Come thick night and pall thee in the darnest smoke of hell that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, to cry hold hold” (1.5. 51-55). Lady Macbeth calls on the smoke to protect her any feelings of sympathy and guilt which will stop her from the murder of King Duncan. Lady Macbeth provided Macbeth a stepping stone to the throne by acting upon regicide while her morals were clouded with

Their greed for power has lost them their loved ones and themselves. Lady Macbeth yells out, “Out damned spot! Out, I say! --- one, two. Why then, ‘tis time to do’t…yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him” (5.1. 25-30). During Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking, it explained her guilt towards King Duncan murder. The phrase “out damned spot!” ,eant the blood from her victim and that sin would never leave her hands which led to her suicide. Macbeth realizes, “And that which should accompany old age as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must look to have but in their stead curses not loud but deep mouth-honor…” (5.3. 27-29). As Macbeth holds a conversation with Seyton he realizes if he hadn’t been so greedful he would;ve still had his old friends (Banquo) and love (Lady Macbeth). He also would've had respect from his soldiers. Macbeth’s fate would have been different but he is fighting a battle while being cornered. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth sold their morality for cruelty which ultimately led to their