Power And Ambition In William Shakespeare's

Shakespeare and his plays are still influential to the current society. The characteristics and behaviour of the people in the play are still seen today, some aspects of this are guilt, greed and ambition which in shakespeare's play aren’t good traits to have but are still very much seen in today's modern society. In the play Macbeth it is shown that women and power aren’t a good mix. When the witches say to Macbeth that once King Duncan dies Macbeth is next in line to be king, Lady Macbeth tells him that he needs to kill King Duncan as soon as possible so they can become the new royals. Macbeth listens and kills Duncan and becomes the new king but once this happens, everything backfires and much more trouble follows and leads to Macbeth being killed. The motivations that are seen throughout shakespeare's play Macbeth are fate, power and guilt.

Throughout the play Macbeth was in many different terrible situations, although once he realises the impact of what he had done, he had …show more content…
Macbeth was scared to wipe the blood on the servants and frame them because he thought someone was going to catch him, whereas Lady Macbeth was not scared and went and did the job for him. This motivation is seen in today's society in many different situations as so many people of different ages are continuously looking for more power than what they already have. Shakespeare uses the technique, repetition in the quote “hark!”. When this quote is used in the duologue, it shows that Macbeth feels guilty and hesitant for killing the king. Shakespeare uses contrast in the quote “infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers”. When this is said we see Lady Macbeth’s motivation for power and she takes charge to get what she wants. Those who are motivated by power are willing to do anything that will benefit them and drag down whoever gets in her