the tragedy of macbeth

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the tragedy of macbeth
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Ambition

• Ambition is the real tragedy of the people in
  Macbeth
• Ambition is the desire for power
• It is the main theme in Macbeth

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Macbeth

• - In the beginning of the play Macbeth fought
  courageously against the invaders
• Macbeth then won the respect from King Duncan
• King Duncan rewarded Macbeth with the title Thane
  of Cawdor, but not before he met the witches

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Macbeth continued

• Macbeth and Banquo were met by the witches
• The witches told the two of their future and
  addressed Macbeth as
• thane of Glamis,
• thane of Cawdor,
• and as king
• When the witches called Macbeth this his ambition
  rose as he considered the title

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Lady Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth about
  the witches prophecies. She then feels as if
  Macbeth would not be ambitious enough to
  overthrow the king.
• She convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan
• Throughout the story she is able to keep Macbeth
  wanting to keep the throne
• As time goes on Lady Macbeth looses her own
  identity in the lust for power and shows signs of
  evilness

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The witches

• The witches are the ones who had made the
  ambition come out in the characters.
• They are able to find the weakness in Macbeth and
  guide him to murder
• It is not known if they are just messengers of
  fate or if they are just creating the chaos
  themselves
• When Macbeth starts to doubt what he is doing the
  witches come up with other prophecies

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Hallucinations

• Ambition lead to the killings which then lead to
  hallucinations of guilt
• Macbeth begins to doubt his course when he begins
  hallucinating.
• He sees the dagger that leads him to Duncan and
  then he sees Banquos ghost.

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Hallucinations

• Lady Macbeth expresses her guilt before she takes
  her life
• The Ambition of the prophecies lead Lady Macbeth
  to a hunger for power.
• She was the one who had urged Macbeth to kill
• During her hallucinations her hands were stained
  with the blood of the ones they had killed

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Importance

• She should have died hereafter. There
  would have been a time for such a word.
  Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in
  this petty pace from day to day To the last
  syllable of recorded time. And all our
  yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty
  death. Out, out, brief candle. Lifes but a
  walking shadow, a poor player That struts and
  frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard
  no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of
  sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

• When Macbeth receives word of her death he does
  not morn because he is still battling and he is
  still blinded by ambition.