The play Macbeth can leave us with a very strong sense of helplessness. The character MacBeth is convinced that when he is hit by bad times that he is a victim of fate and that he has no control over the occurrences in his world. The purpose of this essay is to prove to the reader that MacBeth is a victim of ambition and greed not of the will of otherworldly beings. Many things contributed …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…yet despite this, MacBeth was prey to his own lust for power and is after all is said and done responsible for his own actions. A bank robber cannot justify his actions as destiny and be acquitted. He or she was not ordained by the gods to rob a bank but willfully took part in an illegal operation. The same can be said of MacBeth and he discovered the price of greed and unbridled ambition.