Amanda Orsini
Ms. Morris
Senior English- 3rd period
5 December 2016
Macbeth’s Motives Everyday people are motivated to achieve greatness. Tragedies will always be one of the most thrilling pieces of literature to read. Many famous writers write about tragedies because they are drawn to the suspense they create. William Shakespeare wrote many characters that were driven by motivation to achieve their goals. In the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the three witches, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth’s ambitions all contribute to Macbeth’s motives.
The three witches motivate Macbeth by explaining a prophecy to him, and that motivates Macbeth because he then knows how to conquer his goal of becoming king. Bevington proves that the three witches motivate Macbeth when he writes, “three witches who prophesy that Macbeth will become thane of Cawdor, then king, and that Banquo will beget kings. Macbeth then discovers that he has indeed be thane of Cawdor, then he believes the rest of the prophecy” (Bevington, par. 2). The three witches are telling Macbeth that he will become
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Curtis proves Macbeth is ambitious when he writes, “any man who gets in Macbeth's way, any who knows too much, dies.” (Curtis). Macbeth’s ambitions are what led to this mind set. Macbeth wanted to be ruler so desperately, he didn’t care what he had to do to achieve his goal, even if that meant murder. Shakespeare proves Macbeth is ambitious when he writes, “There the grown serpent lies; the worm that’s fled hath nature that in time will venom breed, no teeth for th’ present, get thee gone, tomorrow we’ll hear ourselves again” (Shakespeare act3 scene 4line 30-33). Macbeth is ambitious to find Fleance because he feels that he will come back as a threat. This is also evidence that Macbeth is ambitious to get rid of anything that will jeopardize his goals. Macbeth was able to almost fulfill his goals by having his ambitions motivate