The Theme Of Ambition In Macbeth And Enders Game - 880 Words

Ambition in human nature is so powerful that it can blind one’s vision of achieving success. Both Lady Macbeth’s ambition from Shakespeare’s MacBeth and Peter’s ambition from Card’s Ender’s Game blinds judgement and logic, and they eventually end up more harming than succeeding. In the play MacBeth by Shakespeare, MacBeth is strangely met by three witches, who declares his prophecy of being king, but later losing the crown. Lady MacBeth ambitious goal for MacBeth remain king results in her going to extreme measures, and she ruins her relationship with MacBeth, eventually causing them to both die. Unlike MacBeth, the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Card Scott is set in a futuristic setting and is set on the theme of manipulation. Ender Wiggins†¦show more content†¦She finally receives the worst punishment of all for her deceitful actions-- death. Similar to Lady Macbeth, Peter also does not receive a happy ending for his actions. A t the very end of the book, Ender starts a new colony on a different planet, and Peter is the hegemon; however, Peter is dying. He contacts Ender â€Å"seventy-seven years old, with a failing heart† (Card 323). and tells him to publish his story that â€Å"speaks for me† (Card 323). After all of the manipulation and harm Peter has done to Ender, he finally talks to him. Peter’s determination for success obscures his brain, causing him to focus on personal power rather than family and friendship. As a result, Peter is talking to Ender as a sick, old man, with barely any time to live. This is detrimental to Peter, as throughout his whole life, he does not have siblings who truly love him. Up until her death, Lady Macbeth utilizes violence to achieve her goals. In the very beginning of the play, to help throne Macbeth, Lady Macbeth wants to murder Duncan. In her monologue, she states â€Å"unsex me here...stop up the access and passage to remorse† (1.5.12). This quote shows her thirst to kill Duncan. She wants to be stripped of her feminine qualities, but rather have masculinity so she can murder Duncan herself. She desires to not have any remorse if she killed Duncan, and that her compassion will not stop her from doing the deed. Instead of using