Ambition can be ones greatest attribute, in this case it could also be ones downfall. The play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare is a play that focuses on a young man named Macbeth who is portrayed as a hero in the beginning.Later on he gets a prophecy that then sparks his ambition to murder the king at first his not so sure but then decides to go for it.Unfortunately for him he is stabbed by Macduff at the end. On the other hand his wife Lady Macbeth is less hesitant with the idea of making the prophecy happen the quicker they kill the king the quicker her husband becomes one. She is in control while Macbeth is not capable in the beginning but the roles change when Lady Macbeth kills herself before her husband who is left alone to fend for himself.
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When Macbeth is informed by his wife that the king is coming to his castle he tells Lady Macbeth in (Act 1 Scene 5)"we will speak further". He then goes on cutting her off with the idea that he does not want to hear it no more (51). In contrast Lady Macbeth is in need of control and does not want to fail in (Act 1 Scene 5) " only look up clear: to alter favour ever is to fear: Leave all the rest to me". She is besides herself and wants Macbeth to proceed further even if it means for her to make all the plans. However, Macbeth is hesitant and guilt is sinking in, in (Act 1 Scene 7) he proceeds on saying, " he hath honored me of late, and I have bought golden options from all sorts of people"(56). He then realizes that the king has honored him and many people look up to him why would he want to ruin that. Although, Lady Macbeth snaps him out of it she goes on with her plan in (Act 1 Scene 7) she describes, " that memory , the warder of the brain, shall be a fume . . . his spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt of our great quell? "(58). Beyond her ambition she has no hesitation which makes her much more evil then Macbeth in the beginning of the
When Macbeth is informed by his wife that the king is coming to his castle he tells Lady Macbeth in (Act 1 Scene 5)"we will speak further". He then goes on cutting her off with the idea that he does not want to hear it no more (51). In contrast Lady Macbeth is in need of control and does not want to fail in (Act 1 Scene 5) " only look up clear: to alter favour ever is to fear: Leave all the rest to me". She is besides herself and wants Macbeth to proceed further even if it means for her to make all the plans. However, Macbeth is hesitant and guilt is sinking in, in (Act 1 Scene 7) he proceeds on saying, " he hath honored me of late, and I have bought golden options from all sorts of people"(56). He then realizes that the king has honored him and many people look up to him why would he want to ruin that. Although, Lady Macbeth snaps him out of it she goes on with her plan in (Act 1 Scene 7) she describes, " that memory , the warder of the brain, shall be a fume . . . his spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt of our great quell? "(58). Beyond her ambition she has no hesitation which makes her much more evil then Macbeth in the beginning of the