Macbeth

Macbeth
      Ambition and negative influence for its own selfish reward, is a motivating force behind Macbeth’s self demise. One of the play’s greatest lessons is not to let ambition take over your high standards of moral conduct. Webster’s dictionary definition of ambition is “an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, such as power, honor, or wealth”. Embracing a natural desire to succeed can be one of the best things that can ever happen to you or as in Macbeth’s case, it can be one of the worse things that happens to you..
      The idea of murder Macbeth has is planted in by three clairvoyant witches in Act 1 Scene 3 lines 47 when the Second witch says “All hail Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor”.   Right after, in line 48 the Third witch also praises Macbeth by saying “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” In this first encounter with the witches, Macbeth tells them to silence themselves and they vanish. In this scene Macbeth and Banquo are both very skeptical about everything they has just been informed of, that is until Ross comes to tell them the good news. “He bade from me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor: in which addition, hail most worthy thane, for it is thine”. Macbeth replies in saying “the thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes.”.   Macbeth then realizes that what the witches said was true, and using his logic, he concluded that because the prophecy about him becoming Thane of Cawdor became true, the prophecy that he would become King of Scotland must also come true. In Act 1, Scene 4 Duncan proclaims his great trust and gratitude he feels towards Macbeth, ““Thou art so far before that swiftest swing of recompense, Would though hast less deserv’d That the proportion both of thanks and payment might have been mine.” He also praises Macbeth by saying how much he deserved his new title. Then Duncan announces that his eldest son ,Malcolm, will become king “We will establish our state upon our eldest,...