motif of blood in macbeth
The play Macbeth can give many different views of itself. ... The ambitions that Macbeth has are not bad but the way that he wants to get them are. Lady Macbeth helps him along the way. At the start of the play when Macbeth and Banquo meet the 3 witches is when him ambitions are repeated to him: "All hail Macbeth! ... " "All hail Macbeth! ... " "All hail Macbeth! ... " Macbeth hears these prophecies and remembers his ambition to become king but he isnt the Thane of Cawdor, so it mustnt be true. Soon after some men ride up to Macbeth and Banquo and give the title of Thane of Cawdor to Macbeth. Macbeth thinks about what the witches said, the second prediction has come true. The third one still remains, their prediction of Macbeth becoming king. This is when Macbeth decides to speed up the prediction by killing Duncan. Macbeth was a great warrior and served the kink well but always had those ambitions in the back of his mind, taking every chance possible to get there.