Macbeth's Vaulting Ambition
Ambition can both create and destroy. Ambition is a beginning, an impetus for change. People inspired by ambition can accomplish great things. However, when tempted by their desires, people destroy themselves. These desires can simply be too much for any one person to overcome. In William Shakespeare's dramatic tragedy, 'Macbeth,' the Scottish Nobleman Macbeth is overcome by his own desire. His eventual downfall and destruction was a product of his blind ambition. The regal ambitions of Macbeth began a tragic downward spiral from which the tragic hero could never recover. Macbeth's vaulting, escalating ambition is his tragic, fatal flaw.Before his ambition overtakes him, Macbeth is a loyal, honest man. He serves Duncan, the king of Scotland, with complete and total devotion. His dementia begins shortly after his heroic escapades in the Nordic wars. Macbeth and his companion Banquo happen upon a trio of weird 'women' who promise them power. Their words
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eventually Macbeth's actions lead to his downfall. In his attempt to secure his "rightful place" upon the throne, Macbeth lays the groundwork for his ruin. Macbeth, overwhelmed with guilt, begins to lose his mind. Unable to sleep, he sees visions of Banquo's ghost, as well as apparitions of his own eminent defeat. He further condemns himself to the already skeptical nobility by almost confessing to Banquo's murder during the banquet. When Banquo's body is found, people begin to realize just what happened. Also, Macbeth makes further enrages MacDuff by killing his innocent family, simply because he could. When MacDuff returns from England, he is thirsty for Macbeth's blood, and ends up delivering the fatal blow in the end. Macbeth, under the urgings of his wife, murders Duncan in the dead of night; proving he indeed possesses the "illness [to] attend [ambition]." Shortly after his first
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