... kill Duncan and Macbeth becomes the king. He then decides he should kill Banquo because he could betray him, the witches said that Banquo would be the father to the line of kings and that means Macbeth will not be king for a long time. The murder of Banquo lead to Macbeth's downfall. Lady Macbeth an evil and weak woman made her ... that is thoughts are evil, yet he does nothing to correct the situation. "My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, / Shakes so my single state of man that function / Is smother"d in surmise; and nothing is / But what is not" (I, iii, 149-152). If Macb...

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... the novel to portray this theme. The most obvious way that Shakespeare shows the theme is through the characters. [T] As the main protagonist in the novel, Macbeth demonstrates the theme of voracious ambition triumphing over righteousness. [S] Initially, Macbeth is far from evil within: "Chance may crown ... true for Macbeth, he reasons, then perhaps it will too for him and he will father a line of kings. His inaction at this point results in his death. As Macbeth himself observes in Act 3, Scene 1 Banquo is truly a man of "integrity and honour." It is these very ... voice cry, "Glamis ...

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