MacBeth - 3 reasons he was consumed by ambition

In the play MacBeth, the main character MacBeth is consumed by his ambition. His ambition is out of control, he kills Duncan, he murders, or attempts to murder everyone who he thinks may suspect him, he demands to know his entire fate from the witches, and Lady MacBeth keeps encouraging it.

When MacBeth learned from the witches that he would become King after being named Thane of Cawdor, he immediately began to think of how he was going to get to be King “MacBeth said: Whose horrid image doth unfix his hair/ And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,” Act I Scene 3 Line 135. After being named Thane of Cawdor, King Duncan comes to visit him at his castle. While all Duncan servants are in a drunken sleep, MacBeth murders the King “MacBeth said: I have done the deed.” Act II Scene 2 Line 15. Though this is just the beginning of his out of control ambition.

MacBeth is becoming more paranoid about his crown being taken from him...