Ambition

Question 1

What characters are associated with ambition ?

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth
Macbeth

Question 2

When do we see Ambition in Macbeth ?

Answer 2

• Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy
• Macbeth Killing Duncan
• Macbeth trying to get Banquo and Fleance killed
• Killing Macduff’s family since he is angry at Macduff’s desertion and wants to get revenge

Question 3

When does Lady Macbeth show ambition ?

Answer 3

In her soliloquy, she calls upon even sprites “come you sprits that tend of mortal thoughts” to “unsex” her and take her “milk for gall” in order to become Queen and powerful

Question 4

When does Macbeth show ambition ?

Answer 4

When he kills his “highness”
to become king - “i have done the deed”

When he tries to kill Fleance because he feels like he has only “scotched the snake not killed it “ and in order to “gain our peace “
he has to eliminate the threat of losing his title as king

Murdered Macduff’s
family
in order to get revenge “your wife and babes savagely slaughtered”

Question 5

How does Lady Macbeth and the witches fuel Macbeth’s ambition ?

Answer 5

Lady Macbeth convinces him to kill Duncan making him power crazy

The witches prophecies came true because he acted on them therefore making him believe that he should keep acting to get more power

Question 6

Why is ambition Macbeth’s fatal
flaw ?

Answer 6

Macbeth ambition leads him to be selfish, greedy,
evil and
power obsessed therefore making everyone turn against him and leading to him getting “slain”