Ambition Flashcards
(14 cards)
What did macbeths ambition lead to
His downfall
What was the protagonist often presented as in Greek tragedy=ies
Tragic hero with a fatal flaw
What was macbeths hamatia
His ambition of hubris
What did ambition corrupt Macbeth to do
Commit regicide
What are the consequences of macbeths actions
Killed at the hands of Macduff and condemned to hell
What is Shakespeare trying to tell his Jacobean audience in this morality play
Allowing yourself to become morally corrupted and acting against socialtal norms, You will have to suffer the consequences
What did his Jacobean audience believe in
Divine right of kings. So Macbeth also acted against god.
What was the difference between what a king bought and what tyrant Macbeth bought
Harmony and peace
Disaster and chaos
Art not without …….. but without the …….. should …… to it
Ambition illness attend
Analysis of art not without ambition but without the illness should attend to it
Knows me is capable but not ruthless enough
Understands the immorality
Ownlu those who set morality aside can achieve what they want
Understands her husbands character very well
Vaulting ambition analysis
His ambition is taking him down a dangerous path
He can’t motivate himself to rise and take action
Highlights his doubt and unwillingness to
He feels he is overestimating himself and will end up falling
To be …. Is ……. But to be ……. Thus
Thus nothing safely
To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus analysis
Regicide bought no peace and happiness like he’d hoped just paranoia and Anxiety
Restless and insecure in his dreamed position
One violent action caused a chain to hold onto that gained power
My hands are of your colour
A heart so white but I shame to wear a heart so white
