In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth went through an important change. This change reinforced the idea of ambition and what it can lead to, throughout the text.
Macbeth is ShakespeareÃÂs protagonist in the play Macbeth. Macbeth was one of the most honorable, courageous and loved generals in King DuncanÃÂs army. We first hear about Macbeth when the wounded captain recounts the battle in which Macbeth won. Macbeth was seen as ÃÂvaliantÃÂ. Then Macbeth found the witches and they foretold that he would be king. Macbeth realized that if he wanted the crown then he would need to kill the king. After wondering for a while he concluded that he would not kill the king and proceeded to tell his wife that they shall not kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth knew that Macbeth was weak and with only a single, fatal blow to his courage she deceived him into killing Duncan.
Macbeth under went a dramatic change, from hero to villain, from healthy ambition to dark ambition and from loved and respected general to an evil tyrant and ÃÂbutcherÃÂ. These changes help the read understand the idea of uncheck ambition and what it leads to. Macbeth communicates ambition in both of its forms, good and evil and the resulting consequences of these both these forms.
Macbeth was an ambitious man. This led him to be one of the top generals in King DuncanÃÂs army. Macbeth was noble and looked up to. He was always ambition but before meeting the witches he controlled his ambition. He caged his dark ambition. Duncan thought very highly of Macbeth he thinks of Macbeth as a ÃÂvaliant cousin, worthy gentlemanÃÂ . Macbeth was loved and trusted by the king. Macbeth became such a warrior because of his ambition. He wanted...
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The overlong title of this essay indicates that the writer was asked to do two things: to describe an important change in the character Macbeth, and to explain how that change helped the writer to understand an idea from the play. The essay does a rather superficial and redundant job of explaining how Macbeth's ambition goes from good to bad, but it does not focus on any particular idea in the play.
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