Ambition plays an important role in the everyday life, it drives the humankind to have a desire to achieve one’s goal. All things considered ambition has both positive and negative qualities depending how it is achieved, which can lead to one’s success or one’s downfall. When selfishness plays a role in ambition, it can cause wrongful acts to take place, for instance, a literary example of ambition is displayed in the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The play mentions how the protagonist is portrayed as the tragic hero named Macbeth, a noble general of Scotland who is admired by many for his bravery, was encountered by three witches who told Macbeth he was going to be the Thane of Cawdor and abolish any threats in his way to become the king of Scotland, creating him to become anxious to discover more about his destiny. Macbeth’s eagerness leads him to attempt to fulfill the three prophecies by murdering for the kingship. Macbeth starts to suffer from a guilty conscience causing him to go ludicrous which leads him to his tragic demise. Some consequences of Macbeth’s ambition result to …show more content…
Macbeth’s mental unstableness starts to make him suffer from symptoms of obsessiveness by hallucinating and causing him to have sleep deprivations. His moral corruptness causes him to develop aggressive, cruel intentions leading up to the murder of Macduff’s family. Macbeth’s overconfidence begins to get into his head and he starts to believe he is invincible making him fail to consider consequences. These are three main factors that lead to his downfall and demise. Pearl Bailey once mentioned how a man with no love but ambition is deceased in her eyes, similar to how Macbeth was portrayed in the play. Ambition can change the lives of many for the greater or worse, it’s important to know one’s