Ambition is a desire and determination to achieve success, but is ambition always a good thing? Macbeth is about ambition and argues that ambition can make someone a different person. It can make someone evil, careless, and can make them go crazy.
First, ambition can make people evil. When Macbeth goes in to kill Duncan, Macbeth says, “I go and it is done, the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or hell” (2.1.70-73). Macbeth evil towards Banquo when he meets with the murderers and sends them to kill him and Fleance. Macbeth says that Banquo being alive is making him sick, but if him and his sons were dead, he would be perfectly healthy (3.1.114-115). Macbeth had gone to the witches and found out that he would be the next king but he doesn’t trust faith and his ambition makes him so evil that he kill his cousin, Duncan, and his best friend, Banquo, so nothing will get in his way. …show more content…
When Macbeth, his wife and the lords were at the banquet, Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost and says, “Thou canst not say I did it, never shake thou glory locks at me” (3.4.59-60). Another moment when Macbeth seemed crazy was before he was going into war and his servant is trying to put on Macbeth’s armor but Macbeth says, “Come, put mine armour on…pull’t off, I say...bring it after” (5.3.56,62,67), confusing the servant. Macbeth’s ambition made him do things that he now feels guilty for and is making him crazy by seeing things and having a lot of anger and no one knows what’s going on in his mind.
Macbeth is about ambition and argues that ambition can turn someone into something they weren’t in the beginning, because it can turn them evil, careless, and crazy. This relates to today’s society because a lot of people have goals and ambition, but they have to know what their limit is and should not let it get to them to the point where they are hurting the people they love or even hurting themselves in a
First, ambition can make people evil. When Macbeth goes in to kill Duncan, Macbeth says, “I go and it is done, the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or hell” (2.1.70-73). Macbeth evil towards Banquo when he meets with the murderers and sends them to kill him and Fleance. Macbeth says that Banquo being alive is making him sick, but if him and his sons were dead, he would be perfectly healthy (3.1.114-115). Macbeth had gone to the witches and found out that he would be the next king but he doesn’t trust faith and his ambition makes him so evil that he kill his cousin, Duncan, and his best friend, Banquo, so nothing will get in his way. …show more content…
When Macbeth, his wife and the lords were at the banquet, Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost and says, “Thou canst not say I did it, never shake thou glory locks at me” (3.4.59-60). Another moment when Macbeth seemed crazy was before he was going into war and his servant is trying to put on Macbeth’s armor but Macbeth says, “Come, put mine armour on…pull’t off, I say...bring it after” (5.3.56,62,67), confusing the servant. Macbeth’s ambition made him do things that he now feels guilty for and is making him crazy by seeing things and having a lot of anger and no one knows what’s going on in his mind.
Macbeth is about ambition and argues that ambition can turn someone into something they weren’t in the beginning, because it can turn them evil, careless, and crazy. This relates to today’s society because a lot of people have goals and ambition, but they have to know what their limit is and should not let it get to them to the point where they are hurting the people they love or even hurting themselves in a