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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"Ambition: (that which) destroys its possessor." - Babylonian Talmud: Yoma, 86a. ... Victor Frankenstein did not check his ambition, he soon regarded his ambition as evil and began to think of his life a cursed by ambition. ... The evil of his ambition sent him on a search to find his monster. ... Frankenstein witnessed what ambition could do to someone, in his own life and in the life of his creation. Victor Frankenstein feels like he has been cursed by ambition. ...

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Macbeth's ambition decides his fate. ... It is Macbeth's choice to murder King Duncan, as he is responsible for his own ambitions. ... Instead he accepts the plans, due to his ambitions. ... He is urged by his own ambition which leads to his devastating fait. ... Man truly is responsible for his own fate. ...

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Ambition is a theme of interest in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Ambition is the cause of most of Macbeth's problems; it leads to the killing of Duncan to take his place as King and friends to keep his secret safe, this ultimately leads to his own death, and the death of those who are innocent such as Banquo and MacDuff's son all for his gain. Macbeth's ambition could be compared to the ambition, or lack there of, of Banquo's, they are both told there futures by the three witches, but what they do with that information is very different. One shows great honor, and th...

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You must resist the wind and stay on ambition. Ambition is defined as a desire or determination to achieve something. ... Macbeth is an example of someone who let ambition slide into greed. ... He wrote a letter to Lady Macbeth, who would change him and lead him to his own doom. ... Macbeth had led himself to his own inevitable demise. ...

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Shakespeare's use of symbolic ideologies have been further explored and analyzed through the perspectives of Trevor McDonald, and I have formed my own opinions in relation to the ideas of conflict between human ambition and conscience, and the innate human need of finding truth and meaning. ... In a sense, Hamlet highlights the conflict between ambition and conscience to therefore make present the individuals internal struggle. ... It appears to the reader that the relationship between Hamlet and his mother Gertrude, allows his inner ambitions to override that of reason and moral conscien...

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Lady Macbeth's ambition ultimately leads to her and her husband's deaths. ... The most outrageous thing she says to try to convince him is that she would kill her own baby to be queen. ... Lady Macbeth's ambition to gain power led to not only her own suicide, but the murder of Macbeth by Macduff. ... She would kill her own baby if it meant she could be queen. Her ambition does lead to murder. ...

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Macbeth was one who had written the chapters of his own life with the weight of growing ambition upon his shoulders and his crumbling morality at his feet, this being what led him to his tragic demise. ... Once the "three weird sisters" had prophesised that Macbeth were to not only to be the Thane of Cawdor, but to also be the ruler of his own country, it were to Macbeth an unrealistic dream. ... This small hope led to greater ambitions, this seed of ambition was the beginning of Macbeth's tragic end. ... Lady Macbeth however, became angered and unpleased with her husband's att...

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He is essentially saying that a person of authority will either die honorable or survive only to see themselves become morally diluted by ambition.  ... It also alludes to the transformation Macbeth and Lady Macbeth undergo as well when ambition and the desire for power is brought into play. ... With hope instilled within Banquo for not only his own ambition, but for his children as well, the perfect brew for disaster has been concocted by the sisters. ... Due to the possibility of his own children reigning over the kingdom he allows himself to be distracted as Macbeth plots his murder. .....

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The tragedy is a penetrating, concentrated and harrowing study of ambition. ... The witches plant the seed of ambition here by predicting that Macbeth shall be King of Scotland. ... There are many passages in the play to suggest that it was Lady Macbeth's own ambition to become queen. For example, why does she push Macbeth to murder Duncan when he realises that the only justification of the murder is his own ambition? ... They both have tragic flaws such as ambition and greed and commit murder to succeed. ...

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In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth is a tragic hero, who is destroyed by his own desperate lust for power. ... They specifically target Macbeth as he lacks capability to think for himself and can be influenced to the point of his own destruction. ... Without the intervention of the witches, Macbeth's ambition would never have been thrust toward the idea of being king and he would've never considered murdering the man he called king; however he still manages to question his motivations and is only pushed over the edge by his equally power hungry wife. Lady Macbeth acts as th...

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Although Macbeth has his own desires to do all he can to reach his goal, it is Lady Macbeth who encourages and forces him to get there. There is an evil that takes over her well intended ambition for her husband, family, and unfortunately it is what leads her to an uncontrollable state far exceeding her true love for Macbeth, and her best interests for her country. ... By giving him a piece of her mind, she assures him that it is his duty to murder his own cousin Duncan, King of Scotland. ... "Thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it, (1.5 20). ...

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Lady MacBeth, his wife, then pushes the ambition. After the murder of Duncan, MacBeth has gained enough ambition himself to cause his own destruction. ... The actions of his own wife are crucial to MacBeth's downfall. ... Through his own ambitions, the ambitions of his wife, and the prophecies of the witches, MacBeth has caused his own destruction and downfall. We can now clearly see that ambition not achieved through our own ability leads to destruction. ...

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Melissa Lane, in her common lecture on what she has dubbed "sustainable citizenship," present the refusal to fight for social justice and the common good as one such action that imposes a psychological cost to the "Good Life" by distorting its very essence as a communal ambition and making it an individual pursuit based on selfish ends rather than the desire for universal, harmonious citizenship. ... As this happens, whites and blacks begin to formulate their own understandings of the "Good Life.... Melissa Lane, in her common lecture on "sustainable citizenship,&...

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There are three specific evil forces that drive Macbeth to his downfall, Lady Macbeth's influence, The three Witches, and his own ambition. ... Macbeth's actions are influence by a lot of factors, but the most powerful force that drive him to his downfall is his own ambition. ... Macbeth's ambition rapidly gets out of his own control, having to make bigger wounds to cover up others, murder after murder. His bad decisions made him a prisoner of his own actions. ... Macbeth goes from being a noble and respected man, loyal and admirable a good person, to a sinister character whose ...

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Most of the times people can not control their ambition, and when the ambition is greater than their mental control(as Macbeth's) they do atrocities. Ambition is one most important element of humans tragedies because the ambition makes humans to think blindly, it opens a door in their heart that is hard to close, and the ambition-influenced by someone else-destroys their lives. ... Once Macbeth opens the door to the ambition, the ambition will not come out easily. People can not notice Macbeth's ambition because the ambition gives two faces to him, and from now on, the ambition ...

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The outcome of Macbeth's fate was not determined by destiny, but by that of his own free will. ... The element which further pushes a person from chance is ambition. ... Ambition can therefore only be ultimately achieved when one takes matters into their own hands and begins to act on impulse. ... Macbeth's ambition soon became turned and knotted with jealousy and rage. ... Ambition will put ideas in a persons head, but the own free will of the individual will be the thing that will carry out those deeds, whether they be for better, or for worse. ...

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Why Graduate Degree One of the human's greatest features is ambition. ... Ambition is a product of human intelligence. Our intelligence creates our own individual ambition so that they mutually continue to benefit each other in the course of evolution. Others" ambition was to prove moon no longer man's mystique, my simple ambition is to obtain my next business goal and career. ... In the middle of frustration I thought that the only possibility of achieving unlimited career venture was to have your own environment, your own decision making capability, your own company. ...

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Another cause that encouraged his ambition is the use of drugs. ... After he felt the sense of regression because of his misusing of ambition, he knew that he destroyed himself with his own hands. ... Lady Macbeth starts to insult his manhood and names him a coward just to encourage him to kill King Duncan by saying, "Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem- (Mac.1.7.41-43). ... Ambition is not an evil emotion inside a person's heart. ... He used his ambition in the right way by reaching his goal. ...

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Macbeth was pushed into committing Duncan's murder by his own ambition as well as his wife's ambition. ... He mentions "murder" while talking to himself but then he also says "If chance will have me king, why chance may crown my Without my stir", which shows that Macbeth was not yet fully driven by his own ambition as he already had two minds about the idea of murdering Duncan. ... When Lady Macbeth reads the letter about the witches" visions and Macbeth's appointment as Thane of Cawdor, she is spurred by her own ambition of becoming queen and immediately begins scheming of ways...

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The second theme William Shakespeare displays in Macbeth is ambition. ... His ambitions push him so far that he kills a king and a dear friend. Another person that shows her ambition throughout the play is Lady Macbeth. She dictates to Macbeth saying, ["Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor is thou art in desire?" ... The theme of ambition in this play helps create an interest in it. ...

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She primarily pushes him to do that which he would not be able to do on his own. ... As a result, she passes on her need for power and ambition onto Macbeth. ... The weird sisters raise his ambitions and influence his capabilities. ... Through the ambitions of his wife, the witches' predictions and also his ambition, he has caused his own downfall and demise. ... Macbeth himself creates his own problem once he is pushed by the guilt of his actions. ...

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Macbeth's tragic flaw is his ambition, which he clearly states himself. ... Macbeth's ambition also shaped his declining character. ... If Lady Macbeth had not pressured him to kill Duncan, his ambition would not have been intensified enough to do it on his own. ... Nonetheless, it is Macbeth's own ambition that consequently resulted in his character of greed, violence and power. ... By placing this thought in his mind, they effectively guide him on the path to his own destruction. ...

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Macbeth says: "Why should I play the Roman fool, and die on mine own sword?" ... This doubt leads him to suffocating guilt, which is what eventually leads to his own country's collapse, and his own death. Macbeth's most pre-dominant attribute is his vaulting ambition. ... His ambition is too strong, and too evil. ... These are the reactions of his unchecked ambitions. ...

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A great leader must prioritize the needs of his own people ahead of his own. ... This opposition between light and dark shows the struggle in balance with Macbeth's ambition, which leads the reader to question what compels Macbeth to question his own ambition and thoughts. ... Through this analysis the reader can ponder over the previous thought "what it is what compels Macbeth to question his own ambition and thoughts"; He fears his ambition because he know it his fatal flaw because it will drive him to commit treason and murder King Duncan and those he loves. ... For what is...

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