Macbeth Thematic Essay

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Have you ever come across a couple of stories that seem to be the same, but don’t have any resemblance to the plot? This is probably because the stories have the same thematic topic. Some well known thematic topics are blind ambition, corruption of power, and betrayal. Blind ambition can be seen as having too much ambition to where your logical thinking is going. Corruption of power is when a person or group of people uses their wealth or power to manipulate people or a situation. Betrayal is the act of betraying someone or betraying yourself. These thematic topics are learned in thousands of different pieces of writing. Themes are very important to understand as a reader because you will never fully understand the plot of a story without the …show more content…

Blind ambition is a lesson that is learned in multiple types of literature, including classic literature, modern literature, and modern society. One piece of classic literature is Macbeth. In this story, Macbeth shows blind ambition when he is in battle fighting for his King. When he sees the Thane of Cawdor betray their kingdom he takes action by killing him, “For brave Macbeth - disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked his body with bloody execution” (Macbeth 1.2.16).Macbeth stepped up and saw that Macdonwald was betraying his team, so he killed him with no second thought. This portrays blind ambition because he does not think twice about the consequences he might face as a result of this murder. Another piece of literature that shows blind ambition is modern literature. A short story called “The Most Dangerous Game”. Hunting for a 'Hunting'? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.’” (Connell). Rainsford is determined to find where his gunshot came from, even though he knows that there is a good chance there is a dangerous animal in the forest. He risks his life to find the man with the gun so he can get …show more content…

Betrayal is a theme that has occurred in several works of art such as “Macbeth”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and “Lance Armstrong Biography”. In the classic piece of Macbeth betrayal shown in Act 3 Scene 2 when Macbeth is planning to kill his close friend Banquo, “There’s comfort yet;... A deed of dreadful note” (Macbeth 3. 2). The adage of the adage. This is betrayal because Banqup believed that he and Macbeth were on good terms with their friendship, but Macbeth had other plans. Macbeth is considering a terrible act: he's planning to kill Banquo. He is somehow finding comfort in the idea, but he knows it's a dreadful thing to do. This shows how far Macbeth has fallen, betraying not just Banquo but also his own values. Another example of betrayal could be shown in a short story titled The Cask of Amontillado, it is about a man named Montresor who is out for revenge. He manipulates his enemy, Fortunato, into trusting him. Betrayal is shown on line 87- 89 when Montresor is checking to see if there is any life left in Fortunato, “‘No answer. I called again—Fortunato—No answer still’” (The Cask of

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