1. Macbeth-Ambition
It could be said Macbeth has three motivations to kill Duncan - his own ambition, Lady Macbeth's ambitions and the persuasive nature of the witches. Macbeth's ambition is to become King. His only problem is whether he should wait for it to happen, or to make fate his own. ... Lady Macbeth, due to her own ambition, taunts him and urges him that performing the deed is the only way. The witches are an external projection of Macbeth's own inordinate ambitions. ...
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- Grade Level: High School