AMBITION theme in Macbeth

AMBITION theme in Macbeth

1. Ambition is the main theme in Macbeth.

   • It motivates Macbeth to do terrible crimes and it changes him from a "Valiant" soldier to a "dead butcher".
   • The play allows the audience to realise that ambition is quite dangerous because it can very easily spiral out of control.
   • Once Macbeth starts killing, he has to kill more people to get what he desires and this helps him to try and make his position secure.
     • It shows that AMBITION can make people RUTHLESS and SELFISH
   • Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both destroyed by their ambition,
     • The play can be a warning against ambition that isn't balanced by morals and reasons.

2. Ambition is seen as Macbeth biggest weakness.

   • It is his "fatal flaw".
   • Macbeth is reluctant to kill Duncan this emphasises that Macbeth does infant have morals but with his actions they emphasise how strong his ambition actually Is
     • His ambition causes him to go against his morals.
   • Ambition also makes him act against himself in better judgement. He knows that ambition often "o'erleaos itself and falls" it an lead a. person to aim high and that they fail and loose everything.
     • This foreshadows Macbeth trafic downfall. AT the end of the play Macbeth has lost everything and he dies an abhorred tyrant"

3. Not all the characters are corrupted by ambition like lady Macbeth and Macbeth are. ambit can also be seen as positive which helps motivate to help others rather than your self.

   • Malcolm and Macduff are ambitious for their country. They want to take Macbeth power away from him, not for them selves but to help Scotland.

4. It all started when Macbeth heard the prophecies from the witches. Where they said that Macbeth would become king, temptation came into Macbeth head that he should kill Duncan and become king as soon as possible.

   • "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"