Ambition
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- Act 1, Scene 5
- Come, you spiritsthat assist murderous thoughts, make me less likea woman and more like a man, and fill me fromhead to toe with deadly cruelty! Thicken my bloodand clog up my veins so I won’t feel remorse, sothat no human compassion can stop my evil planor prevent me from accomplishing it!
- Act 3, Scene 3
- Oh, this is treachery! Get out of here, goodFleance, run, run, run! Someday you can getrevenge.—Oh, you bastard!
- Act 4, Scene 1
- Be violent, bold, and firm. Laugh at the power ofother men, because nobody born from a womanwill ever harm Macbeth.
- Then I don’t need to kill Macduff. I have noreason to fear him. But even so, I’ll make doublysure. I’ll guarantee my own fate by having youkilled, Macduff. That way I can conquer my ownfear and sleep easy at night.
- Lady Macbeth prays to evil spirits to make her strong. She asks them to make her less like a woman, and more like a man. This scene shows that she does not want to act like a typical woman of her time. She wants to be powerful, and ready to do whatever it takes to steal Duncan's throne. She is so ambitious that she wants to lose all her morality to gain the throne.
- Three hired murderers come for Banquo and his son Fleance. Macbeth is so nervous that Banquo might take his throne because of the Weird Sisters' prophecy. He asks them to kill Banquo. Macbeth shows a conceited and evil type of ambition in this scene. He is willing to kill his best friend and his child to be able to keep his crown.
- In this scene, Macbeth visits the Weird Sisters for more prophecies. The Weird Sisters basically told him it would be impossible for anyone born of a woman to kill him. Macbeth is so clouded by his ambition that he doesn't even consider the riddle the apparition told him. His ego is so huge now that he says he doesn't need to kill Macduff, but he will anyway just to make sure he will stay king. Macbeth is so filled with clouded ambition that he is willing to kill innocent people to keep his throne.
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