Throughout the centuries human beings have always had the need to achieve some things in life such as love, wealth, power or authority. The ambition of Macbeth was power. Macbeths’ strive for power affects his life in a negative way and eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth was a brave soldier of Scotland and was very loyal to King Duncan. As he returned from a battle with his friend Banquo three witches hailed him as …showed first 75 words of 1689 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1689 total…then killed him. Macbeth stood up for himself until the last minute and did not surrender himself. ‘I will not yield to kiss the ground before young Malcom’s feet…’ (Act 5, Scene8, line28-29) This shows that he preferred to die than surrender. After this, Macduff exited the castle with Macbeth’s head and Malcom was crowned king. Bibliography Purves Alan, Carol Olson, C. Cortez. (eds). Literature and Integrated Studies: English Literature. Illinois: Scott Foresman, 1997.