![]() ![]() It is best summed in this dialogue of the character called Ross, “ gainst Nature still! Thriftless ambition still ravin up thine own lives’ means! Then tis’ most like the Sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth. The role of ambition in this play secretly shows us a society where old norms are being broken apart. They aim for re-establishing the earlier order. In the play, we also see instances of stabilising ambition inspired by a sense of revenge in Macduff and Malcolm. Somehow unconsciously, her ambition is also to break away from the domination of any man. Being the successful, proud, and noble warrior that he was, maybe this loss of what was good inside of him was the root of Macbeth’s insanity. ![]() Macbeth finally lost this battle, and succumbed to the evil side of his ambition. She is caught in a conflict of “ unsex”ing herself. Macbeth’s ambition was constantly putting him in a struggle between right and wrong. With acute clarity, she brings Macbeth out of the moral dilemma and conspires him into darker deeds. Here we see, how ambition spreads its branches across individuals. Her ambition channels through the actions of Macbeth. She detests her feminine qualities which stops her from stepping upon a path normally allowed to a man in such a society. Lady Macbeth’s ambition to become a queen makes her wish for crossing all boundaries. The ambition set against the time-honoured principles takes away any hint of hope from this tragic text. His darker side is constantly fuelled by Lady Macbeth and the witches. He realises what is right but he is a slave to his darker side. Macbeth’s life could have been an example of honour and royalty sanctioned by society but he is a deeply ambitious person with a relentless pursuit of power. Duncan, King of Scotland, appointed him as the Thane of Cawdor. ![]() Macbeth used to be a loyal person, fighting for his own country. Lady Macbeth and the witches are only the dim reminders to Macbeth, it is his own obsession with the power which drives his downfall. In a political climate, we get to see minds revealing themselves at the mercy of ambition. Every time the progress of ambition is presented in the play, violence happens. When an obsessively ambitious person is busy in progress, he remains less dangerous. While Macbeth divides himself between his conscience and his much darker side, Lady Macbeth sets herself on the path to break into a world of men without knowing how to do it. Here we can see, how the same lure set by the witches start different kinds of thoughts in different characters. The ambition which gets into him is actually a discovery of his self-knowledge. The witches plant the driving force of the plot in the mind of Macbeth. Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see. The realisations of Macbeth teach us the role of ambition in life. 'Whence is that knocking How is’t with me, when every noise appalls me What hands are here Ha, they pluck out mine. In this play, we notice the consequences of sheltering uncontrolled ambition. The play portrays various levels and dimensions of ambition through its major characters. ![]()
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