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'Macbeth's downfall is not due to a single fatal flaw, but rather…
'Macbeth's downfall is not due to a single fatal flaw, but rather to a combination of flaws and circumstances. Do you agree?'
Ambition
SCENES:
ACT 1 SCENE 3
'I am Thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, and make my seated heart knock at my ribs against the use of nature?' [Macbeth]
ACT1 SCENE 7
'Vaulting ambition which overlaps itself and falls on the other.' [Macbeth]
ACT 2 SCENE 4
'thriftless ambition' [uncontrolled ambition-Ross]
ACT 4 SCENE 3
'Boundless intemperance in nature is a tyranny.'
Impulsiveness
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Macbeth learns that he should be impulsive after he learns the lesson that unless the. deed is done when the plan is made, the deed never catches up with the plan.
e.g. Macbeth not acting at once when he decided he would murder Duncan
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CONTENTION: Whilst ambition plays an important role in the downfall of Macbeth, his flaws which are the result of certain circumstances also causes his demise.
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Jealousy
His jealousy and envy of other peoples' power, wealth, is what sparks his ambition to commit murderous act.
SCENES:
ACT 3 SCENE 1
'They hail'd him father to a line of kings. Upon my head the placed a fruitless crown, And put barren sceptre in my gripe.' [Macbeth]
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When Macbeth comes to know of the witches prophecy/when it becomes true (circumstance), he is influenced to become more ambitious and lustful (sparks his underlying/hidden thoughts), yearning for the 'golden round'.
Example:
As a result of the bravery and courage that Macbeth possesses on the Battlefield, Duncan makes him Thane of Cawdor, making the witches prophecy become true in which then makes Macbeth question if he should act upon his thought.
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Macbeths' mental instability is heightened as a result of his murderous actions due to the guilt he possesses as a consequence.
Words as Quotes:
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Macbeth
'Bellona's bridegroom' [married the Roman goddess of war]
'brave Macbeth'
'worthy Macbeth'
'peerless kinsmen'
'worthy thane'
'wayward son', [self-willed child]
'under a hand accursed' [under Macbeth]
'tyrant'
'hell-kite'
The Witches:
'the weird sisters
'imperfect sisters'
'instruments of darkness'
'beldams'
'secret, black, and midnight hags'
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Murderous Actions:
'terrible feat'
'bloody business'
'bloody piece of work'
'pernicious'
'unnatural deeds'
Murderous Thoughts:
'horrible imaginings'
'cursed thoughts'
'treasonous malice'
'undivulged pretence'
'torture of the mind'
'scorpions' [line 37, Act 3 Scene 2]
Hallucinations:
'fatal vision'
'thick-coming fancies', [wild imaginings that pour into her mind]
Actions due to seeing hallucinations/ Insanity:
'a strange infirmity'
'a great perturbation in nature'
'slumbery agitation', [sleep-walking]
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Cowardice:
'lily-livered boy', [bloodless coward]
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Life:
'brief candle'
'walking shadow'
'a poor player', [an actor]
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Greed
SCENES:
ACT 4 SCENE 3
'staunchness avarice' , [greed that cannot be satisfied,Malcolm]
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