Effects Of Ambition In Macbeth

Ella Shepard Madison Billings Honors English B 8 May 2023 How Macbeth's Ambition Was A Tragic Spiral into Darkness In Shakespeare's book Macbeth, the main character Macbeth’s ambition ultimately leads to his downfall. Ambition can be two faced. It can make us achieve great things, but also it can lead to negative effects: The negative effects of ambition include mental health issues, relationship problems, and even death. In this play ambition was a negative force in the play. Ambition can negatively affect your mental health, as shown by Macbeth's desire to be king of Scotland, which becomes an obsession, and he goes baffling. His ambition leads him to be involved in and kill Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff's family. His ambition is blinding him

Even though Macbeth acts like a tough character. Banquo's ghost haunts him in (3.4.). This starts revealing Macbeth's guilt from past actions. He loses a sense of reality and starts to get false visions, which make him become paranoid and schizophrenic. Atheists are negatively affecting his mental health and causing him to act in an irregular manner. Macbeth's ambition ruined many of his relationships. In good or healthy relationships, we prioritize our goals over our relationships, ultimately resulting in a lack of success on both sides. Macbeth's ambition led him to be involved with and murder many of his close friends. This led to ruin relationships with his friends and many around him who knew or disliked him. In (2.2.63-64)) Lady Macbeth says, “My hands are of your color, but I am ashamed to wear a heart so white.” Lady Macbeth shames Macbeth for behaving weakly. She says that when Macbeth tried to go through with the murder, he was unsuccessful. Lady Macbeth had to follow through with what Macbeth did not finish. She was the one who had to carry the weight of the murder on her