ambition

ambition

1. (a5,s5)'' out, out brief candle, liifes but a walking shadow''macbeth

   • Macbeth speaking about how life is short and that shadow he is referring to could be how his version of life is how you are always chasing after your shadow representing his never ending greed and ambition for more and more power

2. (a4,s3)''lets make us med'cines of our great revenge''malcolm

   • Malcolm is pushing macduff to use his grief of his late wife and children as a fuel to keep his hate for Macbeth stronger to avenge his fallen king and family.

3. THIS IS NOT RELATED TO AMBITION(a3,s4)''and trees to speak''macbeth

   • This is a theme of foreshadowing as Macbeth death had heavily involved moving and Speaking of trees

4. (a3,s4)''we are but young in deed''macbeth

   • Macbeth is conversing with lady Macbeth in how much older they need to be in ''deed'' meaning they have so much more to do and they are far from finishing their plan

5. (a2,s3)'' then prophet- like, they hailed him father to a line of kings... Put a barren sceptre in my grip, fenced to be wrenched with an unlineal hand''macbeth

   • It's Macbeth jealousy that he will become king but his lineage will not continue it ''unlineal hand''. This makes macbeths ambition to kill banquo much stronger as he feels banquo did not earn a lineage of kingship after he had put in all the work to end King Duncans lineage.

6. THIS IS NOT FOR AMBITON JUST A MAIN QUOTE(a2,s2)''these deeds not to be thought...it will make us mad''lady macbeth

   • This is irony and foreshadowing of what is to come later in the play, lady Macbeth is so distraught of these actions she goes mad resulting in her suicide this contradicts of what she said as she had thought too much of it and gone mad

7. THIS IS NOT FOR AMBITION JUST A MAIN QUOTE(a2,s2)''will all great neptunes ocean wash this blood''macbeth

   • This shows how Macbeth had so quickly started to lose his mind by referring to the God of the ocean not even being able to clean the blood off his hand making it seem as if he will never forget The Dirty act he had done, meaning it will stay with him for the rest of his life

8. (a1,s70''while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple form his boneless gums.and dashed its brains out ''lady macbeth

   • Lady Macbeth completely goes against gender roles of the time as women were seen to be loving and caring of children and not to a strong ambitious powerful woman

9. (a1,s3)''all hail macbeth,that shalt be king hereafter''witches

   • They say this in order to grow macbeths ambition to become king

10. (a1,s4)''let not light see my deep dark desires''macbeth

    • This quote shows macbeths ambition growing stronger as time had went on when he had first heard of the prophecies of the witches and how he had tried to keep it deep within showing his once loyal mindset

11. (a1,s4)''yet do i fear they,it is too full of human kindness''lady macbeth

    • This shows a theme of ambition as, soon as lady Macbeth had heard the mention of Macbeth becoming king she had suddenly grown eager to make this happen but feared Macbeth had been too kind and soft