Ambition in Macbeth

Ambition in Macbeth

1. Act 1

   • Lady Macbeth
     • "Leave all the rest to me.."
     • "Come thick night... That my knife see not the wound it makes"
     • "Look like thy innocent flower but be thy serpent under't"
       • Theme: Appearance vs. Reality
   • Macbeth
     • "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent only vaulting ambition"
       • Macbeth is trying to rationalize the murder of Duncan
         • He is explaining that there is no justification to the crime