The Destruction Of Ambition In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

The main theme of Macbeth is the destruction wrought when visions of reality are blurred by ambition, and it finds its expression in the play’s two main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth is a Scottish general with undying devotion to the King of Scots, Duncan, and seems incapable of doing wrong. Yet his ambition and desires clouds his judgment. Lady Macbeth has greater determination than Macbeth, but she is less capable of containing the guilt brought by her deeds. With one hand in touch with reality and the other far from it, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare's play Macbeth struggle with ambition, the disregardment of basic human emotions, and personal hatred. With this Shakespeare proves with internal conflict, that when the ambition of a man clouds judgment, versions of reality can twist the sight of a person and shape it into what he or she wants to see.
(Mac. 1.7.51) In this Shakespeare is using internal conflict to assist Macbeth make the decision on whether or not to kill the King. King Duncan has been a true friend to Macbeth, even giving him a new title because of his loyalty. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth's loyalty never wavered for a second. He even gutted a man for being traitorous to the king but when the witches told him he would be king, he struggled with internal conflict until he finally came up with the decision to kill the king. Upon making the decision, Macbeth made a version of reality for himself. A reality where he would be king and his son would be kings after him. With his ambition clouding his judgment, Macbeth closed his eyes against the reality of killing a true friend and went ahead to delude himself with a happy life on the