Macbeth allowed his ambition to make him an assassinator and overly paranoid. Macbeth said “Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires,” this quote is referring to his desire to take the throne of Scotland by any means possible, and that he will complete his ambition. After Lady Macbeth completes her ambition to kill Duncan and his attendant, also having Macbeth to be king, her guilt takes over her life. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth wanted to be great and powerful, and they wanted to put their reputation on the line in exchange of achieving their goal to be great and powerful. By mixing these two characters with others in the play, such as Banquo, Duncan, and Macduff, which they also want be great leaders, but refuse to allow ambition to come before honor, Macbeth showed how bare his ambition was by freeing himself from any sort of moral values or social moralities, ultimately letting his ambition taking over his characteristics of a person. Throughout the play Macbeth’s ambition can never be fulfilled, and therefore he becomes into a wicked man that will destroy anyone who comes in his way. Moreover, the theme of the play is to pursue great
Macbeth allowed his ambition to make him an assassinator and overly paranoid. Macbeth said “Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires,” this quote is referring to his desire to take the throne of Scotland by any means possible, and that he will complete his ambition. After Lady Macbeth completes her ambition to kill Duncan and his attendant, also having Macbeth to be king, her guilt takes over her life. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth wanted to be great and powerful, and they wanted to put their reputation on the line in exchange of achieving their goal to be great and powerful. By mixing these two characters with others in the play, such as Banquo, Duncan, and Macduff, which they also want be great leaders, but refuse to allow ambition to come before honor, Macbeth showed how bare his ambition was by freeing himself from any sort of moral values or social moralities, ultimately letting his ambition taking over his characteristics of a person. Throughout the play Macbeth’s ambition can never be fulfilled, and therefore he becomes into a wicked man that will destroy anyone who comes in his way. Moreover, the theme of the play is to pursue great