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Ambition Profiling Quotes
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- 1Ambition Profiling QuotesBy Vdelique
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x - 2QUOTE {Act Scene Line}LANGUAGE TECHNIQUE
Point
- explanation - 3"YOUR CHILDREN SHALL BE KINGS" {Act 1 Scene 3 Line 87}-------#-------
Deceitful
- trying to hide his ambition to become King from Banquo
- moments ago he was loyal/truthful & now he is lying to his friend - 4"MY DEAREST PARTNER OF GREATNESS" {Act 1 Scene 5 Line 10}-------#-------
Equality
- Macbeth is referring to his wife as an equal
- their relationship is equal and strong
- both have the same ambition here - 5"THE FUTURE IN THE INSTANT" {Act 1 Scene 5 Line 57}-------#-------
Clear Ambition
- sees the future clearly
- knows own ambition - 6"BUT ONLY VAULTING AMBITION" {Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 26-27}-------#-------
Controlled by Ambition
- Macbeth admits to himself that there was not a good reason to killing him, purely for ambition
- more power for himself - 7"MOST DISLOYAL TRAITOR" {Act 1 Scene 2 Line 53}-------#-------
BETRAYAL
- angry with Thane of Cawdor
- because he switched sides to become more important
- future of Macbeth - 8"WE'LL NOT FAIL" {Act 1 Scene 7 Line 61}-------#-------
Ambition
- convincing her husband
- reassurance for both of them to go ahead with the plan - 9"MAY THEY NOT BE MY ORACLES AS WELL" {Act 3 Scene 1 Line 9}-------#-------
Corrupt by Uncertainty
- Banquo too wants his prophecy of his children to be kings to come true as well
- he too has ambition but does not enforce it like Macbeth
- he has more self-control - 10"THRIFTLESS AMBITION, THAT WILT RAVIN UP, THINE OWN LIFE'S MEANS!" {Act 2 Scene 4 Line 28}--------#-------
Appearance vs. Reality
- Ross thinks ambition is to blame for Duncan's murder
- accuses Duncan's children
- everyone believes that Macbeth is still good when he is actually evil now
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- GCSE (y10) English Flashcards on Ambition Profiling Quotes, created by vanessa delique on 11/04/2018.
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