Macbeth is so driven that he scares me

Shakespeare has always been applauded for how timeless his works seem to be.  Whether his works be addressing love or death, they possess the rare ability of staying relevant through any number of years.  However, I found Macbeth to be different. 

The character of Macbeth could be compared to a university student, earnest and hopeful, with a heart full of ambition.  At the stage in our lives that most of us are currently in, we are excited about the prospect of the future.  We all believe that we can be whoever we want to be, we can conquer any obstacle in our way, and that the world is our oyster (ALL of which are true).  Macbeth represents these feelings perfectly: at the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a great soldier who has caught the king's eye.  He has the potential to become a person of high rank and to be well-thought of by the king.  But when the witches suggest that Macbeth could become king, Macbeth becomes determined to make this happen.  Macbeth goes to such lengths to gain power that he even kills his own best friend, and eventually goes insane.  This insanity may have been caused by sleep deprivation, but really, it just proves how desperately some people crave power and control.  This character could serve as a warning to students about to venture off into university and the work force.  As scary as it may seem, it is entirely possible for our peers to become just as hungry for success. For some, betrayal is a small price to pay in order to climb the power ladder.  A perfect example of this happening in a (sort of) plausible situation is 

It's a scary thought, but as we go off to university or college or even the workforce, we will really get to see the true nature of our peers.   Macbeth just proves that you never really know what someone is capable of, especially when they are either sleep-deprived of faced with the chance to become a multi-millionaire.