INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER + CREATIVE THINKING = SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN LIFE.


A BEAUTIFUL LESSON ABOUT how little flaws in integrity of character can lead to ruin is conveyed beautifully by Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It may seem too much of a classic and too Shakespearean (if I may use the term) to appeal to a sizable no: of people, but I'am writing this because it did have a profound effect on eighth grade children, who were studying it as an abridged story as part of their English syllabus.

The point the story made, went home pretty well. Macbeth, the most respected general of his kingdom, loved and respected not only by his peers, the people at large but also by the king himself had one little flaw in his character- he was too ambitious.How did the 'too' tag came before his ambition, probably even Macbeth did not realise it.But this 'too much ambition' made him kill the king, so that he could be king himself.What prompted Macbeth to this dastardly act? Just a thought- If I do this act of murder just once I will achieve my life's aim. Just this once..... but just this once could not stop there. To be secure as a king, he had to murder many other people and all were preceded by the thought- just this time.

His fears pulled him deeper and deeper into the bog of misery and he was held to ransom by the demons of his fears.

Ambition is fine, it propels you forward but when this ambition gets the tag of too much ambition, is when you forget the dividing line between what is ethical and what is not .'Just this once' can be too dangerous a game......