Ambition and the Downfall of Macbeth, Idi Amin,
and, Napoleon Bonaparte
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: Ambition and the Downfall of Macbeth, Idi Amin, and, Napoleon Bonaparte
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Ambition is a force that helps drive societies forward. When the power of a nation falls in the hands of a single
person ambition takes many spectacular and ugly forms. It can be both the making and destruction of that person
but regardless of the net effect, ambition will have deep socio-economic, political, and cultural roots. Three
dictators were taken by ambition and it pushed them into a costly, long, battle to obtain and maintain power.
Those leaders are Macbeth, Idi Amin, and, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Macbeth is the main character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Macbeth was born into low ranking nobility and rose to
fame as a general. He did so well in the military that he became the Thane of Glacis, which was later to be
followed by the title: Thane of Cawdor.
Macbeth’s success is great but he was tempted by three witches to be even more ambitious. They gave him a
prophecy that said “all hail Macbeth! Hail to thee of Glanis. All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee of Cawdor. All hail
Macbeth! That shall be king hereafter.” (Shakespeare I.iii.6) This frightened and, amazed him because later that day
part of the prophecy came true. He became thane of Cawdor. “And for an earnest of a great honor, he bade me,
from him, call thee thane of Cawdor. In which addition, hail, most worthy thane! For it is Thine.” (Shakespeare
I.iii.7). Banquo also gets a prophecy that contradicts Macbeth’s prophecy. ”lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not
so happy yet much happier. Thou shalt get king, through thou be none so all hail Macbeth and Banquo.”
(Shakespeare I.iii.6)
Macbeth wrote a letter to his wife about the prophecy and she became ambitious for Macbeth initially. She
convinced him to kill King Duncan and not wait for fate to give him t...
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