What Macbeth primarily teaches is that Ambition is man's worst enemy, more so if it is not a lawful or bonafide ambition. It is so potent an enemy because it works from within. Macbeth was so profusely and widely admired and rewarded, and he would have remained great and noble if the witches didn't prvoke him on the heath and if his wife didn't stand by his ambition.
The play also throws very important light on conjugal relationship. No wife should ever think like Lady Macbeth to back up her husband's unlawful desire. Lady Macbeth thought that it was her duty as a devoted wife to assist her husband in realising what he deserves. But soon after the murder of Duncan, the bond between Macbeth and his wife loosened.No relationship can last on the basis of unethical or criminal collaboration, a companionship marked with guilt and fear.
'Fair is foul and foul is fair'-this formula of the witches relates to Macbeth, and gives us an important insight into the world of man. Mabeth is so fair and, at the same time, so foul. Human life is indeed a combination of both fair and foul.
Macbeth also teaches that crime never pays. While Macbeth goes down to defeat and death in the end, Lady Macbeth suffers from somnambulism leading to suicidal death.
Evil must be challenged and fought. Any compromise with evil may prove disastrous. For example, Banquo and Macduff. The former compromises with the usurper king and gets killed, while the latter cofronts Macbeth to work towards the salvation of the land and the people from tyranny and fear.
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