Examples Of Ambition In Macbeth

Too much ambition can corrupt an individual’s morality. Shakespeare’s Macbeth explores can how unbridled ambition can control someone's mind and do some horrific things. Macbeth, the protagonist and his best mate, Banquo, ran into these awful witches. “Fair is foul and foul is fair…”, this is said by the witches after Macbeth and Banquo leave confused. This quote has a deep but true meaning behind which means appearances can be deceiving. The seed that the witches have planted into Macbeth's mind has grown and makes him start to consider becoming king, to do this, he needs to kill King Duncan. Macbeth starts visualising a dagger which he uses to kill King Duncan, “Is this a dagger which I see before me…”. The dagger then starts directing him