Then he is dead?

When Macbeth dies at the end of the play, I do not believe that it was at all worth it. He went through so much to get to the top, but once there he is miserable and haunted by all of the crimes he has committed. Although he gained power from these crimes, by the end of it all he was barely a functioning member of society due to all of his hallucinations and the fact that he was driving himself insane with subconscious guilt. I do believe he did this to himself though. He was already in a slight position of power, but wanted more, and got greedy to the point that he would do anything to get to the top. (With, of course, a large push in the 'right direction' from Lady McB.) His struggle to prove to his wife that he is just as strong as her only led to him committing very evil crimes and having way too much to cover up, leaving his stressful life in shambles. I also think that since he was already so well respected in the beginning, if he had just waited a little longer and played fairly (to say the least), he would've eventually made it to the top, but would've been able to gain a lot more from it because he would've been a lot happier and been able to make good decisions that affected him and his people positively.