Example Of Ambition In Macbeth

Ambition means an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth; and the willingness to strive for its achievement (dictionary.com). Throughout history there have been many examples of ambition. There have been ambitions people all the way in since the beginning of time. An example of ambition is Adolph Hitler; he had such a strong desire for the perfect race he was not going to let anyone get in the way of it. Another example would be Walt Disney and his ambition to create a theme park that his children could enjoy. This turned out to the biggest entertainment industry in the world at the moment. Ambition is a good quality to have but can become evil very quickly. In the story of Macbeth there

After receiving a letter from her husband Macbeth about the witches’ prophecy she is determined to make it come true. Her ambition for power leads her to a downfall. She would do whatever it takes to be powerful that she does not feel guilty for the things she has done until the end. Honestly, Lady Macbeth is the backbone of the whole operation to fulfill the witches’ prophecy she tells Macbeth what to do. Lady Macbeth knows her power over her husband said in this quote. “Glamis thou art, and Cowdor, and shalt be what thou are promised” (Mac. 1.5.13-14). This quote is when Lady Macbeth is stating that she knows her own strength and knows the huge influence that she has on her weak husband. When Macbeth does not want to murder the king, she verbally abuses him about his courage and manhood until he agrees to do it. She even told Macbeth that if she had been the one to make a vow to murder someone she would do it even if it was her own child. When Macbeth is out murdering the king, she drugs all of the king’s men. In her mind he is taking forever to kill the king. Macbeth finally comes back with blood all over his hands and the grooms’ draggers not doing what she told him to do. So she takes matters into her own hands and smears the king’s blood all over the king’s grooms along with putting the draggers back to make it like the groom did it and not Macbeth. Showing that

Even though the prophecy did come true for everyone in the story, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth never got to enjoy what they work so hard to achieve. William Shakespeare had a point when writing Macbeth which is that it is better to achieve goals fairly than it is to do it