Macbeth Development
Death, Swords smashing together, agony, pain, screaming, crying the most terrible sounds the mind can imagine, and then silence. Death, as Malcom enters holding the bloody head of his opponent. Death, as Macbeth viciously kills Duncan with the razor sharp edge of a dagger. All of this, the result of unchecked ambition. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth the theme “unchecked ambition leads to imminent destruction” is developed through Macbeth’s action in each of the acts. In act one Macbeth is seen as a very ambitious character before he even enters the play. Before Macbeth enters Malcom is talking to Duncan about how great Macbeth is. Malcom says “Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, till he un-seemed him from the nave to th’ chops and fixed his head upon our battlements.”
(Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 23-25). This is saying that Macdonwald did not have any time to say goodbye before Macbeth split him open from his knees to his jaws then put his head on the …show more content…
After Macbeth encounters Banquo while roaming the castle halls he goes of on a soliloquy based entirely off ambition. Macbeth goes on to say “A dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet in form as palpable…”
(Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 50-77). In the soliloquy Macbeth is talking about an imaginary bloody dagger that only he can see. He goes on to talk about how he is about to murder Duncan and that is the reason why he sees the dagger. This is a huge way that ambition is shown because this is showing that Macbeth will do whatever it takes to fulfill the prophecy. This is the turning point of Macbeth and after this murder he no longer hesitates to kill, showing that he is becoming more ambitious and more evil and if this he can’t control what he is doing then it could hold a bad future for
Death, Swords smashing together, agony, pain, screaming, crying the most terrible sounds the mind can imagine, and then silence. Death, as Malcom enters holding the bloody head of his opponent. Death, as Macbeth viciously kills Duncan with the razor sharp edge of a dagger. All of this, the result of unchecked ambition. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth the theme “unchecked ambition leads to imminent destruction” is developed through Macbeth’s action in each of the acts. In act one Macbeth is seen as a very ambitious character before he even enters the play. Before Macbeth enters Malcom is talking to Duncan about how great Macbeth is. Malcom says “Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, till he un-seemed him from the nave to th’ chops and fixed his head upon our battlements.”
(Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 23-25). This is saying that Macdonwald did not have any time to say goodbye before Macbeth split him open from his knees to his jaws then put his head on the …show more content…
After Macbeth encounters Banquo while roaming the castle halls he goes of on a soliloquy based entirely off ambition. Macbeth goes on to say “A dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet in form as palpable…”
(Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 50-77). In the soliloquy Macbeth is talking about an imaginary bloody dagger that only he can see. He goes on to talk about how he is about to murder Duncan and that is the reason why he sees the dagger. This is a huge way that ambition is shown because this is showing that Macbeth will do whatever it takes to fulfill the prophecy. This is the turning point of Macbeth and after this murder he no longer hesitates to kill, showing that he is becoming more ambitious and more evil and if this he can’t control what he is doing then it could hold a bad future for