Macbeth Themes/Motifs: Connections to Contemporary Society

Ambition: Individuals can become corrupted by the pursuit of money.
Ex. Entrepreneurs are willing to manipulate and deceive their customers to make profit off of their products.













Ambition: Status
Ex. "Popular" kids in school may show off their wealth to showcase power and status, making them look superior than everyone else. Their behavior to present their superiority can affect others and themselves negatively.











Fate and Free Will: Fate
Ex. A stranger tells you are destined to great wealth. You win a lottery ticket the next day.















Fate and Free Will: Free Will
Ex. A guru tells you, you will become wealthy. One day, an earthquake happens while you are at a bank. Reminiscing what the guru told you, you steal money from the bank.











Appearance and reality: Don't judge a book by its cover
Ex. A beautiful girl at your school with the perfect personality, perfect smile, and perfect grades is actually depressed.















Appearance and reality: Individuals can be submitted to the dangers of the cyber world
Ex. A boy you met online has swoon you over.  From always knowing the right words to say, to his amazing body in his profile picture, he seems to be normal aside the fact that he is actually a 40 year old pedophile luring in teens.