Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s film All About Eve, explores the fatal effect ambition has not only on others but on oneself. Within both, it is the willpower of the main characters, Macbeth and Eve whose desire dissembles their morals, inflicting harm and distress on those around them, consequently leading them to their downfall. While both Macbeth and Eve are alike in their ambition, they have different instigators. Each of those however can be regarded as equally dangerous; Macbeth murders, Eve manipulates and has no remorse for her actions. In the end, it is their willingness to harm others that proves ambition is a perilous motive.
What instigates Eve and Macbeths ambition is different, but still leads them to be
What instigates Eve and Macbeths ambition is different, but still leads them to be