![]() As usual, there were consequences for her ambition, and she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was sent to prison for 12 months. This ambition eventually led to him locking himself inside his truck and dying of carbon monoxide. She was determined to succeed in having Roy commit suicide, and she continued to taunt and encourage him until he would do so. She texted him things such as “the time is right and you’re ready, you just need to do it,” and “you better not be bull shitting me and saying you’re going to do this then purposely get caught.” Similarly to Macbeth, her ambition led to her wanting someone dead. Michelle Carter, Michelle Carter, 17, convinced her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, 18, to commit suicide. Here we see, how ambition spreads its branches across individuals. Her ambition channels through the actions of Macbeth. She detests her feminine qualities which stops her from stepping upon a path normally allowed to a man in such a society. For example, in a recent court case Commonwealth vs. Lady Macbeth’s ambition to become a queen makes her to wish for crossing all boundaries. This quote explains the tension between Macbeth not wanting to enact on his plan, and his acknowledgement that his ambition has led him down a treacherous path.Īmbition is a menacing trait. He does, however, have ambition, which he compares to a horse and its rider overestimating their ability to leap over an obstacle, and ending up falling down. 25-28).” He describes being unable to take action as being a rider not being able to use his spurs to make his horse go faster. She pursues her ambition with a great determination. Macbeth explained, “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’other (I.vii. Lady Macbeths ambition appears unchecked and she is the driving force behind the murder of Duncan. He compared his motivation to kill Duncan and his ambition to a rider and his horse. However, his ambition overwhelmed his lack of security. This quote hints at his growing ambition and foreshadows his later actions even though, currently, he shows weariness about acting upon the prophecy since he does not want to commit any violent acts.Īs Macbeth began formulating his plan to kill King Duncan, he began to second guess himself. He realizes that in order to fulfill his prophecy of being king, he will have to commit violent acts, such as killing King Duncan. The discussion of “the swelling act of th’imperial theme” is in fact addressing the larger matter of Macbeth’s ambition. “The “happy prologue” is the prophecy where he becomes the “Thane of Cawdor.” Since this rendered true, now then assumed the third prophecy would become true, where he becomes king. Macbeth describes that, “two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of th’imperial theme (I.iii.140-141.). His eagerness appears early on when he begins thinking about the possibilities that come with his prophecies. They claimed Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and, eventually, the king. For example, Macbeth was given three prophecies from the Weïrd witches. So the murderousness does not come straight from the promises of the Witches, but from somewhere else.In Macbeth, ambition was intertwined as each of the character’s flaws. Macbeth realises he does not have to do anything to take the throne. ‘If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me But when that ambition is set, he is still unsure whether to murder: He does not dream of the throne until he is told that such a dream will come true. This leads us to wonder: what causes Macbeth to kill the king? His ambition comes only from the prophecy of the Witches. It is this ‘illness’ which Macbeth finds himself lacking in as he prepares to murder Duncan. ‘Illness’ – that is, wickedness – must accompany it, if the ambition is to be realised. So for Lady Macbeth, ambition is not enough. ![]() ![]() ‘Thou would’st be great’, she says, meaning that Macbeth desires the throne: Having received the letter which describes the encounter with the Witches, Lady Macbeth fears her husband’s character is not murderous enough to take the opportunity. This has been predicted already, by his wife. So the image which hangs in the air is of ambition, either rising or falling or both.Īlthough Macbeth recognises the motivation given to him by his ambition to be king, the worry of falling still gives him doubts. Macbeth cannot finish his thought, as he is interrupted (he would probably have said ‘side’). Ambition is something of a problem – it may help the rider clear an obstacle, but it may also make the rider go down. However, the word also has other suggestions, which Macbeth realises. Horses jump over obstacles and Macbeth’s ambition will propel him to clear the obstacle of Duncan. As he begins to doubt himself, and his decision to murder Duncan, Macbeth wonders what his motivation is:īecause he is using language taken from horse riding to make his point (spur, prick the sides) the word vaulting makes sense.
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