Macbeth's Ambition Essay

The theme of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is that if we let our ambition go unchecked by morale constraints we may make decisions that we regret. From Macbeth we learn the human tendency to seek for things that we should not. This matters today because people want more than they have. The play of Macbeth is the story of a general in the king’s army. After returning from a major battle he lets his ambitions go unchecked and murders the king. After his murder of the king Macbeth finds himself committing more murders in order to make himself king. His crimes are discovered and he is beheaded. Macbeth is a general in the Scottish army. During the war with the the English Macbeth goes crazy and massacres the army. Through his accomplishments he is made the thane of Cawdor. His ambition leads him to do things of greater and greater intensity.
During the battle Macbeth is stuck in a one on one battle with Macduff and loses. Macduff carries his head back to Malcolm on a spear. Malcolm took the crown and assumes the throne as king. Macbeth’s ambition caused him to be put in a position where he was going to die.
Ambition is a good thing but in small amounts. If a person has too much ambition it can create problems. This is seen in the life of Macbeth and it can also be seen in the lives of individuals.
In the modern world people with ambition can go far. They can start their own business and make money or they can make life easier. But a person with too much ambition in this world can make a monopoly. Monopolies can be good but they can push people out of jobs and ruin lives.
After a person controls a monopoly and has ruined people’s lives they may regret. This may cause them to do more to cover up how they feel and they could ruin more lives and then lose everything that they have worked so hard to get. If we let our ambition go wild we could end up like Macbeth. We may not actually be dead but we could lose