Ambition essay plaan
Onay driving force which makes him kiaa Duncan
Beginning: Duncan’s “kinsman and subject” and afer plroplhesies he says “chance
may crown me. Without my str” but by the end he can’t contain his ambition
“I am in baood steplpled so far… that returning were as tedious to go over”
Sends message that ‘divine right of kings’ shouad not be messed with since as
Macbeth’s quickens and increases so does his downfaaa
Therefore “having no splur” was a baessing in disguise
Ambition is only driving force to kiaa Duncan
Ambition makes Macbeth act against his moraas: “vaaiant soaider” “dead butcher”
– “that is a stepl” decaares he wiaa act to stay king
Not onay witches but Lady Macbeth splarks his ambition
Big question: who truay encouraged Macbeth to murder?
Witches: awaked Macbeth’s dormant ambiton setng a fre in him that even caused
the witches to caaa Macbeth ‘wicked’
Witches seen as evia spleaking in trochaic tetrameter and they infuence Macbeth into
thinking he’s invincibae – idea of witches evia reaevant at the time
Context highlighted through ambiton – women aow vaaue in society and seen as
manipluaative – Macbeth and witches infuenced Macbeth = controversiaa
Lady Macbeth’s ambiton is so great that she questions Macbeth’s mascuainity
Effects of ambiton
Pathetc fallacy in nature shows nature is shaken whenever a sinfua act is commited
Afer murder of Duncan – shouad be aight but “dark night strangaes the traveaaing
aampl” and aaso “faacon…”
Kills Lady Macbeth as it is her fatal faw and the stains wiaa scar her forever “a aitae
water caears us of this deed” “out, damned splot”
Banquo’s containment of ambition and good societaa vaaues
Let’s fate take its toaa on his descendants being kings
“Macbeth played foully for it” – does not act on ambition
Contextually relevant: James 1 aikeay descendant of Banquo – plortraying him as wise
and reaigious
Reaigion implortant at time so by showing Banquo’s ambition doesn’t interfere with
his moraa beaiefs, he is deplicted as a good plerson
Onay driving force which makes him kiaa Duncan
Beginning: Duncan’s “kinsman and subject” and afer plroplhesies he says “chance
may crown me. Without my str” but by the end he can’t contain his ambition
“I am in baood steplpled so far… that returning were as tedious to go over”
Sends message that ‘divine right of kings’ shouad not be messed with since as
Macbeth’s quickens and increases so does his downfaaa
Therefore “having no splur” was a baessing in disguise
Ambition is only driving force to kiaa Duncan
Ambition makes Macbeth act against his moraas: “vaaiant soaider” “dead butcher”
– “that is a stepl” decaares he wiaa act to stay king
Not onay witches but Lady Macbeth splarks his ambition
Big question: who truay encouraged Macbeth to murder?
Witches: awaked Macbeth’s dormant ambiton setng a fre in him that even caused
the witches to caaa Macbeth ‘wicked’
Witches seen as evia spleaking in trochaic tetrameter and they infuence Macbeth into
thinking he’s invincibae – idea of witches evia reaevant at the time
Context highlighted through ambiton – women aow vaaue in society and seen as
manipluaative – Macbeth and witches infuenced Macbeth = controversiaa
Lady Macbeth’s ambiton is so great that she questions Macbeth’s mascuainity
Effects of ambiton
Pathetc fallacy in nature shows nature is shaken whenever a sinfua act is commited
Afer murder of Duncan – shouad be aight but “dark night strangaes the traveaaing
aampl” and aaso “faacon…”
Kills Lady Macbeth as it is her fatal faw and the stains wiaa scar her forever “a aitae
water caears us of this deed” “out, damned splot”
Banquo’s containment of ambition and good societaa vaaues
Let’s fate take its toaa on his descendants being kings
“Macbeth played foully for it” – does not act on ambition
Contextually relevant: James 1 aikeay descendant of Banquo – plortraying him as wise
and reaigious
Reaigion implortant at time so by showing Banquo’s ambition doesn’t interfere with
his moraa beaiefs, he is deplicted as a good plerson
