Lady Macbeth's Ambition

The distinguished William Shakespeare, wrote a play titled The Tragedy of Macbeth, which took place in Scotland. In the story, the main character Macbeth, a blood-thirsty and power hungry king, suffers the consequences for doing devastating events to fulfill his aspiration for power. The essential theme is the ambition of characters that is shown throughout various actions in the play. In the beginning, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s characteristics are determination and ambition. One can see from Macbeth’s attitude and actions that he exhibits these characteristics through his infatuation with power. Although he is struggling and indecisive between what he should do, he has a forcible desire to be king rather than follow under someone else’s orders.

Macbeth says, “I will not be afraid of death and bane…” which shows his ambitious attitude to acquire dominance at all costs, even if it means he must die. (Act V, Scene III, line 59). For example, Macbeth hears that an entire army is coming after him and he decides to embrace this and engage in battle, rather than flee. Macbeth also says, “I’ll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked. Give me armor.” (Act V, Scene III, lines 32-33). This dramatic quote shows Macbeth’s intention to battle and has no speculation of giving up, despite his knowledge that the chances of him surviving are low. Whereas another example can be seen through Malcolm’s quote, which states, “Let’s make us med’icines of our great revenge, to cure this deadly grief.” (Act IV, Scene III, lines 214-215). This quote shows Malcom’s determination to avenge his father’s death and purge Scotland of the deadly grief, which is Macbeth. Ultimately, this convincing evidence proves that the characters demonstrated ambitious and determined