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Ambition in Macbeth In Shakespearean times, ambition was seen to be wrong, as it went against the natural order. You had to accept yourself for who you were. People were not encouraged to better themselves. In act I scene I, the three witches plan to meet Macbeth upon a heath. They announce the major theme of the play: appearances can be deceptive. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" line 10. Macbeth in Act I echoes this in Scene three, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" These contradictions introduce a feeling of opposing forces at war. They are a symbol of the struggles that take place in the play. This could tie in with the scene in which Lady Macbeth tells her husband to "..Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't." At the beginning of scene three, the witches greet him with, 'Hail, Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter.' This stuns Macbeth leaving him lost for words.
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