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What are the rewards and consequences of ambition?

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What are the rewards and consequences of ambition?

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How do gender roles affect one’s behavior?

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How do gender roles affect one’s behavior?

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What is the correlation between power and humanity?

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What is the correlation between power and humanity?

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How much control does one have over his/her life? 

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How much control does one have over his/her life? 

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Humanity strives to gain power and control, wether it be over their own lives or over the lives of others. In the case of Macbeth, they strive for power over others, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want to have power over a nation.

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"Thou hast it now - King, Cawdor, Glamis, all
As the Weird Women promised, and I fear
Thou played'st most foully for 't"(Banquoe ACT 3).
Banquoe states that Macbeth has had everything already. He also wants to announce that this was all predicted by the witches, it almost makes it seem like Macbeth has no control over his life, almost seems like whatever the witches predict, might happen in the future.

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“Naught’s had, all’s spent, Where our desire is got without content. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy”(3.2.6-9).
This quote brings up the theme that with power does not always come happiness. Connecting to the EQ related to power, many people believe that with power comes happiness. Macbeths believed that his “desire” to become powerful, and become king would result in his happiness, but instead it only brought him guilt and sorrow

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The effects of ambition is a big theme in Macbeth. Macbeth's downfall was his ambition without seeing how it interferes with his morals. Then his ambition turns into an obsession to maintain his power which later results in his defeat.