Writing Resources
Dinah Dunlap Ms Mueller English IV 11 December 2017 Willing to Kill In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare the character Macbeth wanted to king so bad that he became ambitious Macbeth was forced to do whatever it took to become king Lady Macbeth made Macbeth do things that he wouldn t even think of doing Macbeth was not willing to kill anyone but with the help of his wife and ambition Macbeth would do anything Ambition can cause a person to do anything to get what they want and it may lead to tragedy In act one Macbeth was a high ranking person and was loyal to the king Lady Macbeth thinks her husband would be a great king but he just isn t evil enough Lady Macbeth says Macbeth doesn t have what it takes to be an evil spirt Thou would be great art not without ambition but without the illness should attend it I 7 18 20 This quote shows that Lady Macbeth is pressuring Macbeth to be something that he is not The three witches meet Macbeth and Banquo and told them their prophesy that Macbeth would be king someday and that Banquo wouldn t be king but his sons would Macbeth thought if he had a chance to be king why chance may crown him without his stir meaning he will let fate decide if he will be king or not
