THEMES

AMBITION - it is usually said that ambition is the key to success, but this is not the case for Macbeth, because his ambition is un unbridled lust for power that doesn't stop in the face of anything, including murder. Ambition eventually brings about the downfall of the two protagonists and their loss of all human values. Lady Macbeth is even more ambitious and resolute than her husband and she is crucial to his downfall.

Macbeth can be seen as the symbol of man's tendency towards evil and sin.

The witches represent temptation, but it is Macbeth who makes choices freely and his choices are for violence and destruction.