Shakespeare created a tragedy with valuable insights gained from the play's past and present audiences. Macbeth is a great example of this. This is because Macbeth is written as a cautionary tale, to show the consequences of greed, uncontrolled ambition, and temptations. Greed is one of the main themes of the play. Greed is proven to be an instrumental part of growing uncontrolled ambition. Macbeth is depicted as having a great desire for the throne, such as when Malcolm is made Prince of Cumberland and heir to the throne. In the soliloquy, “The Prince of Cumberland! This is one step. On which I must fall, or leap, for it lies in my way. The stars hide your fires; Don't let the light see my deep black desires. The eye winks at the hand, but let it be what the eye fears to see, when it is done. (Act 1, scene 4) Greed in turn causes Macbeth to kill Duncan and frame heirs to the throne Malcolm and Donaldbain so that he becomes the new king instead. Due to the witches hailing Banquo as the father of a line of kings, Macbeth would later kill him because he thought to himself that his own sons would not become his successor: “He rebuked the sisters. When for the first time they gave me the name of king and ordered them to speak to him: then as prophets they acclaimed him father of a line of kings: on my head they placed a barren crown and placed on me a barren scepter. I moan, destined to be torn by a non-linear hand, without any of my children succeeding us. If so, I have decided on the question of Banquo; For them I murdered gracious Duncan; Put grudges in the vessel of my peace Only for them; and my eternal jewel given to the common enemy of man, to make him king, the seed... middle of paper... or abandon his morality. Furthermore, Macbeth is a person who had noble intentions before Lady Macbeth tempted him with the proposal to murder Duncan to hasten his accession to the throne as he said "If chance shall have me king, why, chance shall crown me, without the my sensation". .” It indicates that on the one hand he accepts the witches' prophecy, even though he knows that it usurps the natural order by stating that if he is crowned king, the moment will present itself naturally without him interrupting it. This shows that no matter how noble you may be, you can still fall into the hands of temptations. In conclusion, Shakespeare's tragedy, "Macbeth", provides valuable lessons and food for thought for the audience. Learning that having uncontrolled ambition will lead to corruption of yourself, being greedy would not lead to your advantages and temptations can be very dangerous.