Macbeth can adequately be described as a 'Tragedy of Ambition'. It is a tragedy; the tale of a noble man's destruction because of his fatal flaw. Macbeth's flaw is ambition, which is what drives the tragic plot of death and suffering. Thus 'Tragedy of Ambition' is a fitting description.
             A tragedy depicts the story of a great man's fall as a result of his hamartia that spurs from his hubris. A series of events of death and suffering take place and eventuate in a catastrophe that leaves the responder with a feeling of catharsis.
             At the start of the text Macbeth is portrayed as a good, loyal man, loyal to his King, to his wife and to his friends. This is shown in Act I Scene II when he is established as "brave Macbeth" and a "valiant cousin, worthy gentleman". However, under this loyalty is a secret ambition to become king. This weakness is evident in his reaction to the witches' prophecies. Had he not previously dreamt of becoming king the predictions would not have effected him.
             After hearing the prophecies he says that they "cannot be ill, cannot be good" as they promise him success but at the same time present horrible concepts that "unfix (his) hair" and "make (his) seated heart knock at (his) ribs". This shows that he has aspirations to be king, because the awful idea of murdering Duncan immediately springs to mind; yet, we see that he understands the moral implications of the idea from his nervous reactions to the concept.
             In Macbeth's soliloquy (Act I Scene VII) he ponders the arguments against killing Duncan. He speaks of how Duncan "hath been/So clear in his great office" and of the "deep damnation", religiously, from carrying out the murder. Throughout the soliloquy he does not directly mention killing Duncan, but rather uses euphemisms such as "his taking off" or "the deed", which fur...