Ambition And Evil In Macbeth

Ambition Beats Character

A tale of how one's need for power can lead you to death, evil, and destruction. Macbeth, a play written by William Shakespear, was a tragic tale of how ones ambition can lead tro deayth and evil.In the beginning macbeth was driven by good and had a good charcater, but his ambition to be king turned him evil. He did many things macbeth wouldn't normally do. Their character was decided by the good or evil actions it took to achieve their goal. Throughout the story of macbeth, a Character's ambition can change their moral from good to bad. Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and Malcom are driven by different forces changing their character to an unexpected outcome.

Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth also was driven to be queen by her evil

ambition. A prophecy from the witches gave lady macbeth a taste what it would be like to be queen, “Glamis thou art, and cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised yet, do i fear thy nature, it is too full oth milk of human kindness, to catch the hears way Thou wouldst be great, n not without ambition, but without the illest should attend it (1.5.15-20)” A rumor of lady macbeth having the chance of becoming queen drives her to do evil things in order to be queen Her ambition and evil character will lead her to doing evil things in order to get what she wants. Lady Macbeth willl take charge and do the evil deed to get to the throne,” When you durst do it, then you were a man, and to be more than a man and to be more than what you were’ you would be so much more the man,(1.7.50-55) Shepoints out the weakness in macbeth and proves her claim of doing anything to be queen even murder. She would ruin her reputation and character just for a title. Lady Macbeth convinces macbeth to do the most evil thing possible, ” Which tho esteem ist the thament of life and live a coward in thine own esteem.” Lady Macbeth loses it when she hears his doubts because she is so greedy ands wants the throne no matter what. She calls him a coward and encourages him to follow through in their plans They feed off of each other's ambitions and together are very evil. later on lady macbeth's character comes into play and she realizes she shouldn't have committed such evil
Macbeth
Macbeth's desire and ambition was so strong to be king it turned him evil. Macbeth's ambition was driven by his need for power, instigated by the witches, “ let not light see my black and deep desires; The eye within at the hand, yet let that be which the eye fears when its done, to see; ( 1.9. 51-53)” Macbeth is rewarded with the titles of Thane of Cawdor by king duncan, but after hearing the prophecy from the witches macbeth is power hungry for more. His powerful ambition to be king is starting to overthrow his good character.. At first macbeth can see his need to be named king could turn him evil,”i have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition, (1.7. 25-28)” Macbeth's ambition for the throne and for power has changed his character forever. He understands his want to kill the king is unreasonable,but his greed overthrows him. In the beginning, macbeth would do anything for his king, now he will do anything to be king; including killing an innocent man. Macbeth becomes insane with the idea of holding power,”I fight till from my flesh be hacked. Give me my armour.(5.4.30-35)”Ambition has taken over his good character and nothing can stop him now. His ambitions turned his character evil, ambition with evil character can only lead to bad. Macbeth's ambition destroyed his character and ultimately led to his death.
Malcom
Malcolm's ambition pulls him toward good and to help his country rather than evil, Malcom suspects Macbeth of murdering his father,” why do we hold our tongues, that mostly may claim this argument for our?(2.4.

110-115) The loss of his father inspires him to do good so others do not feel his pain and sorrow. He will go and later take the throne for himself so he can finally make a difference in his country. Malcom strives to not stoop to Macbeth's level, and instead create a change for the others in his country.When Malcom’s father dies his first reaction was to save the only thing he has left;his country,” What will you do? Lets no cosort,with them to show an unfelt sorrow is an office with the false man does easy.I'll go to england,(2.4.125-130)” The first thing malcom does is flee to england to ensure his safety and to protect his home. Malcom’s intentions are clearly not evil, his ambition to not be like Macbeth drives him to doing good things.Malcom teams up with Maduff to get Macbeth for his sins,” I speak not in absolute fear of you i think our country sinks beneath the yoke; it weed it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to our wands.(4.3. 35-40)” Malcom is driven by his desperate need to help Scotland, which is uncommon between the other roles in the play. HIs ambition to help his country ended up in the death of Macbeth so he couldn't hurt anyone else. HIs good character led to him having good ambition. The two led to a good ending for Malcom, and to the

death of macbeth.
CONCLUSION
Your ambition is decided good or bad by how far, or what you would be willing to do to reach your goal; then that ambition could change your character. Someone's character can be changed though just a simple goal of evil, so it is important to strive for good morals. Remember to do what is good and pure in life and keep away from evil. What goes around comes around