Why Is Ambition Important In Macbeth

Ambition is the motivation or the desire to achieve something that you really want. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth was told that one day he would become king by three witches. The witches did not tell him how or when he would become king, therefore he thought he had to take matters into his own hands to ensure that he would become king. Ambition is the most important theme of Macbeth because Macbeth desires to be king, Lady Macbeth desires the power of being queen, and Macduff has the ambition to make things right again by getting back at Macbeth. Macbeth hears the witches prophecy and can't wait to be king so he takes matters into his own hands. In Act 1 after he hears the prophecy Macbeth writes a letter to his wife telling of what he been told. She convinces him that the only way he will become king is to kill Duncan. After a long while of debating with himself and his wife he agrees and come to the conclusion that
“ Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff,/ Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.” ( IV i 43) “Front to front/ Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself;/ Within my sword’s length set him; if he ‘scape,/ Heaven forgive him too!” ( iv iii 55) When Macbeth meets witches the second time he is confronted by three ghosts who each tell him something about how he will be killed. The first ghost tells him that He should fear Macduff because Macduff is planning an army to attack Macbeth and get revenge. When Macduff finds out that Macbeth has killed all of his family and his servants he gets very upset and wants to get back at Macbeth, but his isn't quite sure how because Macbeth has no wife or children that Macduff could kill. So Macbeth’s ambition for killing Macbeth is so he can set everything right and make sure Malcolm becomes the rightful ruler of the kingdom and not someone who is horrible like