Ambition

Ambition

1. Macbeth's Ambition

   • Key Quotes
     • Act 1, Scene 7 "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself and falls"

2. Lady Macbeth's Ambition

3. Ambition is a driving force in Macbeth, leading both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to commit terrible deeds

   • Key Term: Hamartia meaning a fatal flaw that leads to a character's downfall