Everyone has some kind of ambition in their mind that can influence them the wrong way. There are good and bad ambitions. As Cesar Chavez once said: “We cannot seek success for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their own good and for ours." Macbeth's ambition is to change the perspective of many things. The things that have corrupted him are the prophecy, Lady Macbeth and the three apparitions. The prophecy comes from the Weird Sisters, or the three witches, and the three apparitions. The three witches announce to Macbeth that he will become king by saying: “ Greetings, all, Macbeth! hail to you, Lord of Glamis!, Hail to you, Macbeth! Hail to you, Lord of Cawdor! Hail to you, Macbeth, who will henceforth be king! (I.III.52-57). Macbeth gives a small glimpse of his impending arrival. The three witches tell him that he will rule Glamis, Cawdor, and much more. Macbeth's ambition here is to know more and to know how it will happen. The witches also tell Banquo that he will have heirs or he will reign, he will be inferior to Macbeth, but greater, and not so much happy, but happier. Macbeth takes no action in his prophecy because at this time in the story he is very noble towards his king. At this point in the play Macbeth is at the beginning of his ambition. Macbeth wants to know more and has ambitions to see how all these scenarios will come true. Macbeth's ambitions grow strongly after the three witches try to light a fire in his heart so that he desires all the success of being the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth knows what he must do to become king, but he is not sure he wants to do it. In the first act Macbeth is real... middle of paper......Lady Macduff runs out of the room and the assassin Macbeth has hired to kill Macduff kills her too. I won't explain the rest of the story to you because there isn't much about Macbeth's ambition, but how he died honorably fighting to the death. Macbeth's ambition spiraled out of control in Scenes IV. He started with very little ambition to kill his friend and the king. Lady Macbeth's thoughts and not so encouraging words in doing the right thing made him more ambitious in committing this terrible murder. With all this in mind, the greatest peak of ambition came when he knew that Macduff would fight and Banquo would rule. Macbeth didn't want it, so he killed both of them and Macduff's family. All I can say is that Macbeth's ambition got him killed. Just as Cesar Chavez said, “your ambition should be based on the inclusion of the aspirations of others and yourself.”
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