Macbeth's Vaulting Ambition
Ambition can both create and destroy. Ambition is a beginning, an impetus for change. People inspired by ambition can accomplish great things. However, when tempted by their desires, people destroy themselves. These desires can simply be too much for any one person to overcome. In William Shakespeare's dramatic tragedy, 'Macbeth,' the Scottish Nobleman Macbeth is overcome by his own desire. His eventual downfall and destruction was a product of his blind ambition. The regal ambitions of Macbeth began a tragic downward spiral from which the tragic hero could never recover. Macbeth's vaulting, escalating ambition is his tragic, fatal flaw.Before his ambition overtakes him, Macbeth is a loyal, honest man. He serves Duncan, the king of Scotland, with complete and total devotion. His dementia begins shortly after his heroic escapades in the Nordic wars. Macbeth and his companion Banquo happen upon a trio of weird 'women' who promise them power. Their words
Stars, hide your fires;Let not light see my black and deep desires;The eye wink at the hand; yet let that beWhich the eye fears when it is done to see (Shakespeare, I. His ambition is not satisfied easily however. Macbeth's ambition is what allowed him to become powerful. "To be thus is nothing, but [unless] to be safely thus (III. Duncan names his son Malcolm heir to the throne and instead rewards Macbeth with "only" the Thane ship of Cawdor. Macbeth, overwhelmed with guilt, begins to lose his mind. " Macbeth, under the urgings of his wife, murders Duncan in the dead of night; proving he indeed possesses the "illness [to] attend [ambition]. Here, Macbeth has his first thought of foul play. Without ambition, it would have been impossible for him to achieve his goals. " Shortly after his first foul deed, Macbeth's ambition overwhelms him. Macbeth, unable to commit the murder himself, and against the wishes of his wife, hires three murderers to assassinate Banquo and his son Fleance in the woods. Eventually Macbeth's actions lead to his downfall. He slaughtered friends and innocents, destroyed his reputation, and endured the silent hatred of a nation in a tragic quest for power.
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