Shakespeare produced most of his incredible works between 1589 and 1613. He started with comic and history related plays and then moved to tragedies. This was the period where he was most acclaimed for and his writings and ideas on plays like Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello were highly appreciated. From there he moved to writing romances and tragicomedy, which was turned out to be exceptional.
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He was known for his fearless attitude and had an incredible spirit to achieve nothing but the best. All of his strong and positive personalities that existed started fading when the ambition and greed to become the next king of Scotland got hooked onto him. Several instances throughout the play showcases how Macbeth brought in troubles upon him along with the various statements and decisions made by himself, lady Macbeth and the influential witches’ confirms the pathway of doom and downfall.
The thirst for becoming the next king and the transformation in behavior and thought process triggered, when the witches appeared in front of Macbeth and his best friend Banquo. When the witches’ prophecy of him becoming Thane of Cowdar came true, it ignited his ambition but was still uncertain. What Macbeth failed to realize was that the witches’ were known to be sinful and would give information to people in order to see them …show more content…
This behavior may have bought him the success and supremacy he wanted but it also played a key role in showing him his fate. His obsession to rule Scotland had drugged him to an extent that it changed him as a human being. He ended up becoming a ruthless, covetous, vehement and a haughty ruler.
Macbeth had started showing signs of insecurity and greed when King Duncan announces his son Malcom to ascend his throne. Macbeth knew that he would be an obstacle to clear and he had to not just kill Duncan but had to murder his son too. He quotes “Vaulting ambition which o’er leaps itself and falls on th’other…”/” The Prince of Cumberland, that is a step On which I must fall or else o’er leap”(1-7). What he is trying to express out is a comparison made between his ambition and a horse that tries to jump higher than it actually can and then ends up falling and hurting