![]() ![]() Macbeth realizes that “It will have blood they say, blood will have blood” (Act III, scene iv), but what he is unaware of is his guilty conscience that is slowly beginning to creep over himself. He wants to carry on his legacy as ruler of Scotland, so it appears to him that he has no other options but to eliminate his opposition.Ĭaught up in the moment and his recently developed ambition drove him to do whatever it takes to stay in power. Macbeth believes in the witches prophesy that Banquo will be the father of a king, making Fleance, Banquo’s son, a definite threat to Macbeth’s current position as king. One of these decisions that he made was hiring murderers to execute Banquo. The impacting role of ambition in Macbeth’s life also causes him to make quick, remorseful, irrational decisions. This proves how an individual’s ambition has the capability to consume ones personal morals and values for the worse. " (Act II, scene i) This visibly demonstrates how Macbeth deceived his friend into trusting him, when clearly his wife and he had different intentions all along. He must do this by taking action when "The bell invites. To achieve the main goal of becoming king, Macbeth must deceive Duncan in way that will allow him to take over the throne. The first time the reader sees Macbeth’s ambition causing him to be deceitful, is when him and his wife invite the current King of Scotland into their home for a dinner, with the soul intent of killing him.Īfter receiving news of Macbeth’s new honor, she holds greater ambitions for Macbeth and pushes him to the edge to achieve the personal goals that she has set for him. Ambition, along with the influence of his wife, Lady Macbeth, causes Macbeth to deceive his peers in order to attain position as king. The playwright explores the idea of how an individual’s ambition can cause them to deceive others, make irrational decisions, and cause internal turmoil. Macbeth’s ambition does not just drive him to do great things. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, it is clear that like many other great leaders, Macbeth exemplifies the necessary leadership virtue of ambition. When a goal requires determination and hard work to complete, personal morals often take a back seat to the aspiration of accomplishing the goal. You have the ability to control if the outcomes either have a lasting negative or positive effect. It can have an extremely dominant impact on not only yourself, but also many people in your surroundings. But in the end we find out that Macduff isn't born from a woman but was "Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb/Untimely ripped" a fitting way to end the ambition of Macbeth.Ambition is often the driving force in one’s life. Laugh to scorn/The power of man, for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth."Īfter hearing this Macbeth know that all people are born from a woman so Macbeth becomes overconfident and think that he can't be beaten. Enough." The second apparition:"Be bloody, bold, and resolute. The first apparition: "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife. He then decides to visit the 3 witches again to hear another prophecy. This influences Macbeth to change his mind and kill Duncan because of this wife's will.Īfter this Macbeth continues his ambition and kills Banquo in order to keep his kingship but the murders start to make Macbeth feel guilty. She also says that all the pity she has for her husband about not killing Duncan would make her kill her own child as it suckled her breast. Macbeth starts to think about why he has no need to kill the king, he says "I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only/Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself/And falls on the other." When Lady Macbeth hears this she becomes enraged and starts calling him a coward and questions if he is a man. The face of Macbeth suggests that he feels powerful, ambitious and determined to keep his kingship.Īct 1 Scene 7 is one of the most important scenes in the play as it is the last time Macbeth will be good as after this he is influenced to kill Duncan, become king and continue his kingship by killing more people. The dagger is the bloody dagger that he used to kill Duncan and shows violence and blood. This image shows us that Macbeth is King of Scotland but only became king because of the 3 witches' prophecy. To the left you can see an image of Macbeth and the 3 witches. ![]() Although Macbeth acts with greed he doesn't think about killing the king at this time but is influenced by Lady Macbeth later on which cause him to kill Duncan. Before Macbeth was given the prophecy, he was a noble and loyal to the king but once Macbeth found out that he would become Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland he acted to it with greed. One of the biggest themes in Macbeth is ambition.
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