Lady Macbeth Ambition

Every single person on Earth is yearning for more power. Whether it is an office worker who wants a promotion or a child who wants to be popular, it is clear that it is human nature to desire power. In a famous Shakespearean play known as Macbeth, ambition is everything; the plot, the theme, and flaw. An example of a person cursed with ambition is Lady Macbeth. Over the course of the play, power causes Lady Macbeth to change from ambitious to apathetic which leads to her remorse.

The entire play is based on one of human nature, which is ambition. Lady Macbeth shows the quality of ambitious person. In fact, if it were not for her ambition, there would be no plot because Macbeth would never have killed Duncan. In Act 1, Scene 5, Line 31-33, Lady Macbeth states, “That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.” Lady Macbeth declares her goal of wanting to be seen as more of a man and less of a woman. When Lady Macbeth heard about Macbeth’s prophecy, she sees an opportunity to further her goal. She seems as if she is willing to do anything to achieve it; therefore proving that she is ambitious.

It seems as if she has become desensitized and is no longer feeling sympathy and empathy. In Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 111-113, Lady Macbeth states, “You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, with most admired disorder.” In Act 3, Scene 4, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are having a feast with lords and nobles when Macbeth starts rambling like mad because he sees the ghost of Banquo. While Macbeth is clearly suffering and in distress, Lady Macbeth does not try to help him. She scolds him for ruining the evening instead of finding the solution. Based on this event, it is very obvious that she isn’t concerned about Macbeth at