Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to try to fulfill their ambitions Macbeth and his wife act on their own to fulfill their deepest desires. Macbeth, a good general, a good man, allows his ambition to overwhelm him and becomes a murdering, paranoid maniac. Lady Macbeth, once she begins to put into actions the hidden thoughts of her mind, is crushed by guilt. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want to be great and powerful, and sacrifice their morals to achieve that goal. By contrasting these two characters with others in the play, such as Banquo, Duncan, and Macduff, who also want to be great leaders but refuse to allow ambition to come before honor, Macbeth shows how ambition, freed from any sort of moral or social conscience, takes over every other characteristic of a person. Unchecked ambition, Macbeth suggests, can never be fulfilled, and therefore grows into a monster that will destroy anyone who gives into it.

It is arguable if fate is constructed by the gods or not. But their attempt to control it is present throughout the odyssey. The characters attempt to get around their fate with their free will. sometimes they are successful, and others times they aren’t. changing the the gods minds may be difficult but not impossible. ” for your death we grieved as we did for Achilles death we grieved incessantly true, and none to blame but zeus, who hated aches fighting spearman so intensely, zeus sealed your doom.”(11.637-640). Odysseus tells his friend that he could not have done anything. one can attempt to control their own fate but sometimes despite their effort they can fail. some gods favor some humans and do their best to protect them while others detest and try to make them miserable.