On the other hand, for Lady Macbeth, her ambitiousness is held back by her femininity. Because of kindness, his ambition is being compromised. Macbeth, even though he has already experienced battle, is a kindhearted person, and for which his own wife persecutes him for being so. Prior to his murder of King Duncan, Macbeth hesitated numerous times. On one hand, for Macbeth, his ambition is being restrained by his conscientiousness and self-doubt. While both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are ambitious, they are both constrained by a factor that is beyond their control. Together, they conspire to achieve the goal of becoming royal by murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth, herself, is driven by her desire to be named queen. With this goal in mind, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are united to the point where their thoughts are similar to each other even in silence. Macbeth’s ambition to become king was provoked by the three witches’ prophecy that he himself will someday become king. At the start of the play, he won battles for King Duncan and was named thane of Cawdor. As a general, Macbeth is successful in the battlefield. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are ambitious by nature. The play depicts just some of the possible changes a person may go through in the chase of a horrible ambition that is highly likely to change their lives for good. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s similarities are striking and their differences even more so. While taking the same path, the two characters in The Tragedy of Macbeth face different endings altogether.

The story of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is wholly about human nature and tendencies one faces when faced with the opportunity to gain power. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, Macbeth most clearly reflects his relationship with King James, patron of Shakespeare’s acting company. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. Macbeth, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Macbeth written by william shakespeare