Themes

• Ambition


  Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth act upon their uncontrolled ambitions and result in having a dramatic downfall due to them
• Abuse of power


  Macbeth's tyrannical actions restrict the true heir from becoming King, disrupting the Great Chain of Being and natural order
• Appearance vs reality


  Many characters link to this theme throughout the play, including Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Donaldbain

  The idea that not everything is as it seems, and cannot be found out by looking at someone
• Guilt


  Macbeth and Lady Macbeth suffer supernatural consequences including hallucinations, encounters with Witches and eventually death
• Gender


  Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth tries to reject her maternal nature and become more masculine; before going on to question Macbeth's masculinity throughout the play