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AMBITION ('Let not light see my black and deep desires' ('…
AMBITION
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'to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus'
He says this after becoming king, and is paranoid about maintaining his power (he has no heir)
This shows that even after he has given into ambition and murdered Duncan, he still has not achieved peace
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'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself and falls'
no spur to prick his intent with highlights that he recognises he has no justification for killing Duncan, only ambition
he seems to foresee that it will be a serious mistake to kill Duncan and will end in his ruin as he 'falls' and has a tragic downfall
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