Our ambitions are what push us to achieve our goals, but at what lengths would we take in order to achieve them?. Many people do or put themselves in positions that are unimaginable just to get what they want. Greed and constant craving of what we want is what many times causes us to lose ourselves. We then find ourselves thinking , was this all worth it at the end. In Macbeth, we see the main character Macbeth lose the person he once was, in order to become king. He’s constantly manipulated by his wife, to the point he becomes a murderer, influenced by witches from this so-called prophecy, lastly he starts to become this ambitious and dark person once he becomes king. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is “brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name” (act 1, scene 2), here he is said to be a good person.The tragedies of losing yourself and ultimately achieving your wants, then not being able to enjoy it. Being that it wasn't fate, it was set by man to happen. Blood had been spilled in order for Macbeth to become king, but this blood was full of selfishness , guilt, and who he once was. Lady Macbeth's selflessness and ambition to desperately want power, is what utterly built Macbeth into a murder machine. She …show more content…
At the end It was all up to him to commit these acts, his lack of individuality, gullibility, and ambition was what constantly set him back throughout the play. Which eventually led him to lose himself, then later the cause of his death. In act 1 scene 3, is the start of his ambition and the craving to become king: “Two truths are told As happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme”. This is where Macbeth comes to a realization that perhaps the prophecy is true. Once he achieves these ambitions we later on see how he turns into the darkness, it completely takes over him. He abuses his powers and even starts to frighten his own wife who got him to his