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Evil Ambition In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the image of evil to convey the outcome of ambition run amuck. By using evil as a force in the play, audiences get a feeling a loss of control of Macbeth and the sense of fear. Evil is defined in Shakespeare’s Glossary as, sin, crime, misfortune, calamity and things that are unwholesome. In the beginning the sense of evil in Macbeth is created through the witches. They feed …

…fights Macduff. This is the end of the play, it is where the evil ambitions have vanished, and Scotland now has a rightful king. Malcolm closes the play as the king, making a speech of hope for a new and peaceful Scotland. In conclusion Shakespeare shows that evilness can bring down the most heroic and strongest of men, by attacking what is weak within them. In this case Macbeth’s weakness was his self-condemning ambition.