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Macbeth is a play steeped with the theme of ambition, and as such there are plenty of Macbeth ambition quotes to choose from. On this page, we run through the most significant quotes from Macbeth about ambition, each with an explanation giving some context.
Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 1. Macbeth is determined not to allow Banquo’s heirs becomes kings of Scotland, as the Witches prophesied. So he challenges fate to take him on in a battle to the death as the brave champion knight he imagines himself to be. This shows Macbeth’s determination and ambition.
Enjoy these 'Macbeth' quotes from the Shakespearean play about death, guilt, ambition, power and more. Shakespeare's wordplay, rhyming couplets and cadence of iambic pentameter give the play...
Macbeth dramatizes the psychological and physical damaging effects caused by the political ambition of those who look for power just for their own sake. The driving force in this tragedy is the ambition, or more specifically, the ambition that goes unbridled by any theory of morality.
24 maj 2019 · Macbeth makes clear that ambition drives his actions, stating as early as Act 1 that his sense of ambition is “vaulting”: "I have no spur To prick the sides only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on the other."
Macbeth Act 1, scene 7. 25–28. Vaulting ambition. Macbeth: I have no spur. To prick the sides of my intent, but only. Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on th'other. . . .
