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Thursday, 12 February 2015

Reading Response -- "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare

          Humans biggest weakness is strength has always been ambition, as it is with Macbeth, who's ambition starts and ends this play. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, McBeth is a fame in Scotland pick kills the king after being told by three which is that he will be king.The one thing that drives Macbeth to do this this terrible deed is ambition, but he didn't reach his reign of terror without a little pushing. Other characters in this place had their own part in this tragedy.
          For Macbeth was even persuaded to kill the King (Duncan), he had a raging ambition for greatness, and he wanted to be King more than anything.we see this throughout the play, but especially at the end when he does not deal to Macduff, who has a sword to his throat. His ambition is shown in his pride, he will not yield to anyone.
          At the beginning of the play the three witches ignite his and fission by predicting him to be king, "All hail, McBeth, thou shalt to be king hereafter!" All he's ever wanted was to be king, but prophecy does not take him over the edge, yet. Macbeth is loyal to the king and doesn't want to kill, because he states, "We will not proceed in this business; He hath honor'd me of late."
          When Macbeth tells of the witches to his wife, Lady Macbeth, she doesn't hesitate to push him over the edge. In the speeches, "Was the hope drunk..." And, "What beast was't..." She accuses him of being cowardly and unmanly, and Macbeth can't hold back anymore. Macbeth proves again that he is very noble and can't take being cowardly.
          Macbeth eventually kills Duncan, but then has to face his friends in a battle to maintain his innocence. But he goes insane and loses himself in the process. The greatest leaders in the world all had ambition, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, and even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But in every human there is a limit, and if you cross it, it could ruin you forever.