Artistic Statement Death, ambition, greed, and power is what shapes Macbeth 4 of the most important themes in Macbeth are death, ambition, greed, and power, almost all the killings in Macbeth is from the man himself to keep his power. Macbeth’s greed shaped him into a monster, killing Banquo, Macduff’s family, all in order to keep his throne, this greed is what led Macbeth to his coffin, ultimately getting him killed by Macduff and Malcolm taking the throne. As for power Macbeth has become the king of Scotland, the king is the pinnacle of the mortal level in the great chain of being, this power has led Macbeth to do countless crimes in order to keep it, this was all Macbeth’s ambition but when he got engulfed in it it was the beginning of his downfall. …show more content…
Killing anyone who may be a threat to their power. The heart with a dagger going through it with steak on the bottom can mean many things but the way I see it is when Lady Macbeth says Macbeth needs a heart of a man to kill someone, hence the dagger. The steak and Alex is incorporated into this because like Macbeth he turns into a complete savage monster in Madagascar, almost eating his best friend Marty. The cauldron beside them is a meaning of the witches being with the stirring stick on the yin side referring to the witches as a yin type of group. At the Pleasantville section of the map it shows a quote from Big Bob and a image of him in the courtroom. “Separate out the things that are pleasant from the things that are