The play Macbeth is similar to any cliche action movie when the main character wants total power and will do anything to get it with just a little convincing. “At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a perfectionistic person whose solution has been highly successful. He precipitates his own psychological crisis by violating his dominant set of shoulds in order to act out the arrogant-vindictive trends which are reinforced by his wife” which is why he slips into evil ways (Gale, Cengage Learning). With his wife and three witches forcing him to commit cynical acts he became more corrupt over time. When the three weird sisters, the three witches, popped in to give Macbeth prophecies about his future he became intrigued when they mentioned that
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“The concept of ambition, however, is trickier than it appears and demands closer ethical examination. Aristotle expatiates on the topic of ambition, or love of honor, a number of times in Nicomachean Ethics. Ambition is a labile concept, which…” is an aspiration to achieve success (Associated University Presses). Macbeth thought he deserved to be king and didn't need to prove his own skills. This was him taking the easy way out by killing anyone who got in his way. The only reason he became a cold-blooded-killer is that the witches forced him to be by telling him his fate. The three witches told Macbeth his apparitions which are, “Beware Macduff. Beware the Thane of Fife. Let me go. Enough. Be violent, bold, and firm. Laugh at the power of other men, because nobody born from a woman will ever harm Macbeth. Be brave like the lion and proud. Don’t even worry about who hates you, who resents you, and who conspires against you. Macbeth will never be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to fight you at Dunsinane Hill” (Macbeth, Act 4; scene 1). The witches convince Macbeth to believe that he is immortal because he will think he can do anything without consequences. Macbeth told Macduff, “Thou losest labor. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born” (Macbeth, Act 5; scene 8). Macduff was born through a caesarean section so Macbeth actually wasn't immortal and the witches deceived
“The concept of ambition, however, is trickier than it appears and demands closer ethical examination. Aristotle expatiates on the topic of ambition, or love of honor, a number of times in Nicomachean Ethics. Ambition is a labile concept, which…” is an aspiration to achieve success (Associated University Presses). Macbeth thought he deserved to be king and didn't need to prove his own skills. This was him taking the easy way out by killing anyone who got in his way. The only reason he became a cold-blooded-killer is that the witches forced him to be by telling him his fate. The three witches told Macbeth his apparitions which are, “Beware Macduff. Beware the Thane of Fife. Let me go. Enough. Be violent, bold, and firm. Laugh at the power of other men, because nobody born from a woman will ever harm Macbeth. Be brave like the lion and proud. Don’t even worry about who hates you, who resents you, and who conspires against you. Macbeth will never be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to fight you at Dunsinane Hill” (Macbeth, Act 4; scene 1). The witches convince Macbeth to believe that he is immortal because he will think he can do anything without consequences. Macbeth told Macduff, “Thou losest labor. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born” (Macbeth, Act 5; scene 8). Macduff was born through a caesarean section so Macbeth actually wasn't immortal and the witches deceived