The Tragedy of Macbeth Ambition is often seen as what leads to success. It is used for things like a job promotion, a first place, or the finish line of a race, but is it used for murder? Or is it the abuse of ambition that leads to murder? These are the questions that Shakespeare forces the audience to ask themselves while reading the Tragedy of Macbeth. In the play, Shakespeare gives Macbeth some goals to achieve, but cheats how he does it. Shakespeare makes people look at ambition in a new light. Therefore the central theme in The Tragedy of Macbeth is the diminishing ethical power of ambition. In Macbeth the recurring outcome of ambition seems to be death. In Act 1, Shakespeare introduces the main character, Macbeth, to the idea of ​​having the ability to become king. Rather than maintain his values ​​and use innocent hard work and ambition to achieve his goal, Macbeth begins spiraling down a dark path that I have shown here in this quote. The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step on which I must fall, or jump, because it is in my way. Stars, hide ...