4 Themes Of Macbeth

In the tragedy Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, four main themes were portrayed throughout the entire play. The first theme being ambition as Macbeth got rid of everything in his path in order to become successful. Followed by the second theme of power as Macbeth took advantage of the small power he was given and became a dreadful ruler. The third and fourth themes respond to one another as Macbeth had the free will to change his own fate. Macbeth believed all prophecies would come to play just as described and used his free will to make independent choices without any outside influence. These four themes correlate with one another and not only make Macbeth a despised king, but also as a human being.
Ambition was perhaps the most ruthless …show more content…
She made sure to persuade Macbeth with her ambition of becoming Queen as she called him names, and made him feel less of a man to arise that desire to thrive. Lady Macbeth was the prime character in the play who had so much ambition she brainwashed Macbeth's brain. She knew her ambition overran that of Macbeth’s so she used detailed insults such as “coward”, “poor cat”, and “animal” to get Macbeth to feel that ambition of hers. Lady Macbeth indeed was able to change Macbeth’s fears into ambitious thoughts and those were the reasons Macbeth was able to escape reality. That is why Macbeth constantly let ambition over see him as if made him not think about the pain or feel any sympathy like he had before. From the satisfaction of killing King Duncan to having his wife constantly push him to acquire more Macbeth was unconsciously committing the worst crimes a king …show more content…
More shall they speak, for now I am bent to know, by the worst means, the worst. For mine own good, all causes shall give way.” (III.iv.138-142) As stated before, Macbeth believed that he was able to control the prophecies and shape them into what he saw beneficial to him. He was told to beware of a thane, that no man born from a woman would ever harm him, and that he would never be defeated unless a forest marched to attack him. Macbeth was gullible enough to make the decision to murder the thane as he acted on impulse and had the ability to do this as king. Macbeth gave no thought to his decisions because he felt that there would be no responsibility for his actions. He made his own made up world where he forced his mind into believing every outcome would be destined to the way he had said. Macbeth took the illiterate meanings of the prophecies and was ignorant that the prophecies could in turn come true as the witches referred to actual human beings rather than the forest moving. Him being the stubborn man he was, chose to challenge his destiny and go by his own commands. Macbeth never took action until he realized that the only one living in that made up fictional world was himself. Only then did he realize his fate would be tested yet still took more chances to act independently and did not allow anybody to wake him up from the closer he was getting to his destined fate. “Who then shall blame his pestered senses to recoil and