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Power And Ambition In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

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Approximately 1 week ago I,Davor Lalic, had the experience of a lifetime as I visited the iconic globe theater of william shakespear where many plays and performances took place in the early 16Th Century. As I was Entered the theater I was greeted by the harmonic melodies of the tale of Macbeth. As I was there I observed the play. I was astounded by the eye catching scenes of the play, the characters and their roles as well as the main themes of the play. The main theme of Macbeth consisted of power and ambition. As I centered my curiosity on the play I began to unfold the power and ambition of macbeth.. The play progressed and the source of Macbeth's ambition was noticed as the witches prophesied that Macbeth would become glamis, thane of cawdor and thereafter king. As Macbeth's prophecy …show more content…

Macbeth, Macbeth begins his soliloquy. The soliloquy consisted mainly of a floating dagger. This floating dagger resembles how Macbeth is about to murder king duncan. Macbeth's guilt is making him hallucinate considering that King Duncan was a wonderful man and he is contemplating ending his life that very night. This soliloquy shows that even though Macbeth had a lot of guilt it was unfortunate too little to overpower his ambition for power as he kills Duncan in the following scene. As I watched the scene of the great battle between England and Scotland took place, as well as the full picture of Macbeth's power and ambition. As Macbeth here's the news Macbeth laughs in the face of their army as he is mistaken considering that the witches prophesied that Macbeth will not be harmed until the time Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane. This shows that Macbeth's ambition for power has possessed him, making him think that he won't die. As this is said macbeth is left shocked as the servant reports that they are moving from birnam wood showing that the witches didn't make a literal scene of birnam wood moving to dunsinane. As Macbeth hears this, Macbeth suits up, ready for

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