Macbeth Ambition

Ambition can lead to committing great accomplishments as well as immoral acts. However, often times these acts change one’s desires and lead people in temptation and to their own corruption. This is evident in the play, The Tragedy Of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, where he explains how certain events can lead to consequences of ambition. A Scottish lord, Macbeth, who was once honored by his bravery had a drastic turn of events and is now gullible tyrant. This occurred after an encounter of three witches and their three prophecies of how to gain the title of being king. Trying to determine his fate all at once caused anxiousness and maliciousness in Macbeth and let his blind ambitions take over him causing the slaughter of many people
The news infuriates Macbeth and soon is startled by the ghost of Banquo where he starts to question his comrades and starts suspecting of Macduff’s absence which leads to him wanting to go visit the witches again. Macbeth begins to state “All causes shall give way. I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should i wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er. / Strange things I have in head, that will to hand, / Which must be acted ere they may be scanned” (3.4.142-146). The analogy shown here represents how deep Macbeth has gotten with his crimes and rather than stopping he finds it pointless “[...]tedious as go o’er[...]”, making him to move forth with his murderous thoughts “[...]Strange things I have in head[...]must be acted[...]”without examining them showing he has no boundaries or sympathy to get what he wants. Besides the fact of Macbeth being merciless he also showed the characteristic of being selfish. Impacted by his selfishness, Macbeth is so determined in claiming the throne that he has his mind set to be equipped to do anything for his personal gain, in such a way that he’s willing to kill an entire
As a result, Macbeth begins to lose a grip on reality and starts to create erratic behavior. It’s late at night, Macbeth and Banquo are talking about their dreams and how a little unsettling the witches prophecy is, as soon as Banquo exits Macbeth starts to hallucinate a dagger. Macbeth is shocked of what he is envisioning, “Is this a dagger which i see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. / Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?” (2.1.32-40). Macbeth imagining things that aren't there show how mentally weak he is, which represents the bloody path he is taking by choosing to murder king Duncan and it disturbs him not to know whether it’s real or imagined. It is clear to see Macbeth is on the edge of insanity and has now let obsessive behavior of ambition take over him.
The consequences of ambition that affected Macbeth was by desentization, over confidence, and being mentally unstable. These three characteristics caused Macbeth to break all humanly boundaries, failed him in making precautions, and lose respect along with allies due to his power hungry mind set. This resulted in leaving him weak and with no support. His behaviour and thoughts have demolished the person he once was. One’s desires can simply be