... said, "Why, if fate will have me king, why, chance may crown me," ( Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45). Yet increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When Duncan named Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth decided on the murder of Duncan. When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of ... ...

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