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Unrestrained Ambition In Macbeth And Putin

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By examining Macbeth and Putin, it can be seen that the consequences of unrestrained ambition for power lead one’s own personality and thoughts to be distorted. This causes one to become egocentric, which ultimately can have a negative change in decisions and actions.

An unrestrained ambition for power led Macbeth to become egocentric, which changed his personality and ultimately distorted how he thinks. After knowing he will be the king in the future, Macbeth’s mind has become corrupted with power as he planned on killing Duncan. He, however, hallucinate a dagger and, “on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood, which was not so before...the bloody business...thus to mine eyes” (II.1.57-61). Macbeth’s vision of the dagger with “gouts of blood”

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