Macbeth Macbeth is an epic tale of tradgedy which has continued to awe readers throughout the centuries since its completion. Poetic brilliance inspired William Shakespeare to write a play about ambition, greed, and treachery, all of which was based on historical accuracy. Centering around the actual character, Macbeth, the play portrays the latter half of his life, from his betrayal of King Duncan all the way to his own demise. Macbeth was supposedly not an evil man in the beginning, but quite obviously an ambitious one. However, in the end, it was not this ambition, but rather his lack of open-mindedness which killed him. He did not use the proper foresi