Theme: Ambition
- Created by: Oumie
- Created on: 04-03-19 18:38
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- Themes: Ambition
- Ambition is the main theme in Macbeth as it motivates Macbeth to commit terrible deeds.
- Ambition is a good and a bad thing
- Banquo is ambitious on he heard his prophecy but doesn't act or care about it the way Macbeth does
- Malcolm and Macduff are ambitious for their country
- Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are corrupted by ambition
- Macbeth's biggest weakness
- leads to M & LM deaths
- Fatal flaw
- Ambition is dangerous as it can quietly spiral out of control
- Result of this is M. kills anyone he feels threatened by
- Ambition makes people ruthless and selfish
- "I have no spur...but only/ Vaulting ambition"
- LM gives M. a little push to her view of the right direction
- M. knows he's ruthless - this fuels his ambition to kill Duncan
- LM. knows the difference between being ambitious and acting on ambition
- thinks M. id not ruthless enough to go after what he wants
- "not without ambition,but without/ The illness should attend it
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