Macbeth - Ambition Theme
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- Created on: 29-04-19 19:32
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- Ambition
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- "The castle of Macduff I will surprise"
- Macbeth's over ambition is making him decide erratic choices with this being one of them.
- "Then live, Macduff, what need I fear of thee?"
- Macbeth's ambition is so strong that he seems to think that he is invincible making Macduff not a threat to him.
- After seeing the witches for the second time, Macbeth's ambition is so great that because of it, he thinks he is out of harms way - making him decide choices with no reasoning behind them.
- "The castle of Macduff I will surprise"
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- "without the illness should attend it"
- Lady Macbeth remarks that Macbeth had a lack of ambition, leading him not to take evil actions to get what he wants.
- Lady Macbeth is shown to be ambitious more so than her husband. She pressurises Macbeth into committing regicide and sparking his ambition.
- "When you durst do it, then you were a man"
- Lady Macbeth questions her husbands masculinity as she is ambitious to be queen.
- "without the illness should attend it"
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- "Out, damned spot! Out, I say"
- Due to her ambition at the start and grieve after the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth descends into madness. She complains how she can not get rid of the spots - showing that she cannot get rid of her guilt.
- Shakespeare's play demonstrates how ambition without morality has a series of dire consequences. He teaches the audience that vaulting ambition will not end up pleasant.
- "Out, out brief candle, Life's but a walking shadow"
- Macbeth reviews on his actions throughout the play with him descending into violence and madness. He becomes depressed for a moment showing the cause of unchecked ambition.
- "Out, damned spot! Out, I say"
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- "I have begun to plant thee"
- Shows Macbeth as successful and honourable to make Duncan care about him.
- "Brave Macbeth"
- An epithet describes Macbeth as loyal. His ambition is not shown.
- At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare presents as Macbeth as a successful and honourable soldier. His ambition is not immediately noticeable until later on.
- "I have begun to plant thee"
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- "Upon my head, they place a fruitless crown"
- Macbeth will have no heir to the throne, making him paranoid that someone else will steal it from him.
- "I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined"
- Shows Macbeth's ambition is making him paranoid. The repeating of the C sound helps add to the point that he is backing up into a corner.
- Macbeth's ambition begins to spiral out of control becoming increasingly paranoid and violent. He is making decisions by himself as to try and protect himself from being dethroned.
- "Upon my head, they place a fruitless crown"
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