• Shakespeareutilisesambition as a centraltheme to underpin the play,revealing its morallycorrosive and blindinginfluenceonindividualsdriven by self-fulfilling and egocentricaspirations.
Through ambition, Shakespeare allows his audience to examine the inherent flaws and capriciousness (easily changing) of human nature. He illuminates how ambition, when in the wrong mind, can readily justify the belligerent (brutal) pursuit of power, status and violence.
Through his allegorical (intended to teach) play, he aimstoteachtheaudience that evenin the presence of divineauthority (God), ambition can be so omnipotent (all-powerful) it wins. He cautionshisaudience about succumbing to the seductiveallureofsinfultemptations,warning how this willlead to a lifepermanentlyseparatedfromGod and oneunitedwith the devil.