I need some ideas for my essay on Macbeth. My thesis is how Macbeth's ambition leads him to his eventual downfall. My thesis is how Macbeth's...

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essays are those that come from within; if you complete your work, you are getting the clearest
point across. That being said, your essay is great because it is focusing on some of the
majorfound in . Some guidance on elaborating on those themes:

Themes:

• Fair is foul, and foul is fair.


• All things that are bad are now good, and all things that are good are now bad. The
  world ofis topsy-turvy. Everything is the opposite of the way it should be.
  
  • Unchecked ambition.
  • prophecies outlined for Macbeth
    drive him to do crimes and have thoughts that he never would have fathomed before. The idea of
    power overwhelms both he andto the point that all they can think about is power. Their desire to
    achieve higher and higher ranks outbids even their humanity, and they commit such awful deeds
    without having any check from their conscience.
    • The relationship between
      masculinity and cruelty.
    • The characters in Macbeth often dwell on issues of
      gender. Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband by questioning his manhood, asking that she be
      unsexed, and does not argue when Macbeth tells her she should only give birth to male
      children. Macbeth then follows suit by questioning the manhood of thehe hires to kill . Such
      acts show that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth equate masculinity with naked aggression, and
      whenever they converse about manhood, violence soon follows. Their understanding of manhood
      allows the political order depicted in the play to descend into chaos.
    
    

• Power leads to
  corruption.
  • The obsession and need for power far surpasses any inkling of
    human kindness. This overwhelming desire for power continues on a downward spiral, destroying
    any sense of mercy and humanity in Macbeth. He moves from a man of guilt to a murderous tyrant
    who will stop at nothing to maintain power.