At the beginning of Macbeth we talked a lot about ambition and loyalty (or loyalty that would be shattered), anyway I decided to do a mix between ambition and loyalty because both are extremely important throughout the play as a whole.
I chose ambition as one because Macbeth had a lot of ambition to kill others to get where he wanted to be, which was on the throne as King. He killed Duncan to become king, but soon realized that Banquo's kids would have the throne there after him, so his craziness decided to kill Banquo, his best friend, and Macduff's family. He had such a strong ambition to become king, he did the worst things that would come to anyone's mind. Soon after he killed Banquo, Banquo's ghost started stalking him around and freaking him out a lot, Macbeth becomes paranoid and when he starts talking about things like his killings he's unable to stop and Lady Macbeth tries to get him to calm down.
Secondly, I think loyalty is just as important as ambition because Macbeth put a lot of trust into people and they put it into him as well, as time went on people couldn't trust Macbeth as much. Macbeth has a lot to over come and I think Lady Macbeth is very loyal towards Macbeth through all his struggles he goes through. I feel like when Macbeth thought that people were finally understanding that it was Macbeth that was killing the people around him, they got a little worried and concerned, making them not trust him anymore.
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Nice post, Alyssa. I agree with you that ambition is a huge aspect of the play. However, I never thought about loyalty like you, and I think that is a very smart way to think about it!
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