Ambition

Question 1

Macbeth admits his only motive is ambition, which he fears may go too far.

Answer 1

Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other.

Question 2

He recognises he has no just reason to kill Duncan, only blind ambition.

Answer 2

I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.

Question 3

Repeated for emphasis—his ambitions are hidden and dark

Answer 3

Let not light see my black and deep desires.

Question 4

Early on, Macbeth considers letting fate work without action—but this restraint fades

Answer 4

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, / Without my stir