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Ambition Macbeth Point Point Quote analysis Point Quote analysis Macbeth can’t force himself to do evil things, it’s his strong ambition that encourages him to complete and go ahead with these deadly actions. - Act 1 scene 7 ‘No spur to prick the sides of my intent but vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself” - admits no justification, ‘vaulting’ emphasises strong power of ambition, overleap means rider trying to get on yet failing and falling, foreshadows Macbeth’s destruction Macbeth is in a moral battle with the thought of killing Duncan, as he finds it terrifying and frightening - Act 1 scene 3 ‘Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs’ - portrays inner conflict in Macbeth, actions show uneasy feelings, mind is leading to murder but his body is not Macbeth admits to having repressed emotion to overtake the king, and seems regretful of these feelings - Act 1 scene 3 ‘Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires’ something suppressed as witched tapped into something ominous, deep references the subconscious, deep coupled with black sounds malevolent, ...
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