Theme Of Ambition In The Great Gatsby

Napoleon Dynamite's once said,“ Great ambition is the passion of great character.Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them." Meaning that ambitions is a force that can alone endowed the promises of life. However, if overmastered it can lead to a sign of doom and destruction resulting, in one's premature demise. This holds truth because both Gatsby and Macbeth were driving by ambition and power. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald during the 1920s. It was a time of era in which many individuals wanted to forget about their past and re-live their lives. Every individual had goals and ambitions to create an entirely different new live for them. Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare during the medieval ages. Shakespeare's tragedy is based on real-live Scottish reality in which he teaches his audience a lesson on the devastating effects of ambition. In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in Macbeth written by William Shakespeare many similarities and difference are exhibited among the protagonist through the recurring theme of the devastation that follows when one
Macbeth's ambition it to become Thane of Cawdor. He follows the witches prophecy and will not let anyone get in the way. His ambition changed Mcbeth from a noble man to a man hungry for power .When the witches warned Macbeth,"Beware Macduff!/Beware the Thane of Fife!"(4,1,81-82) which indicates that he will not let anyone get in the way of becoming King. But, Macbeth's ambition leads to the destruction of himself because Macduff kills him. He was driven by his ambition to have power that he dies trying to keep his title of King of Scotland. Macbeth's ambition to follow the witches prophecies led to the destruction of himself because he executed everything that crossed his path from his