Examples Of Honorable Loyalty In Macbeth

Although Macbeth possesses admirable valor and honorable loyalty in the beginning of the play, his greatest asset—his ambition—contaminates his judgment and causes him to drive the dagger into King Duncan. Ambition is a double-edged sword which eventually slices Macbeth and stabs the beloved king. Macbeth’s ambition assists him in gaining the Thane of Cawdor and the Thane of Glamis titles, but even these superior positions did not fulfill his hunger for power. Even though King Duncan believes Macbeth was the most trustworthy solider in all of Scotland, Macbeth’s ulterior motives reveal he is simply focused on power. Macbeth’s “thriftless ambition” and fixation on gaining more authority is “'[against] nature” as it causes him to commit heinous