In William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, Macbeth is a character that subconsciously looses his awareness of what is reality and illusion. This is a result of his yearning ambitions. His aspiration to become the King of Scotland brings the worst out of him and makes him oblivious to the truth of reality. If you hurt someone’s family member, there is no way they will overlook it. The truth will come out eventually and once …showed first 75 words of 779 total…

…showed last 75 words of 779 total…guilt will hunt them always. In conclusion, ambitions are not always good. It can bring out the worse in people and blind them to the reality of things as they are. Ambitions will either bring the best out of a person or be the reason for a person’s downfall, depending on how a person approaches them. In Macbeth’s case, his overpowering, uncontrolled and desired ambitions led to his downfall and eventually his death.