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Ambition Essay What a person craves for herself often determines her fate. The ambition of three characters in the play Macbeth was a key factor in the outcome of their fate, Macbeth's ambition for the throne of Scotland, Lady Macbeth's ambition for her husband to have power, and Banquo's lack of ambition for himself. These intentions all det ...

Part two of term paper
... than killing Duncan himself to inherit it. (If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir. Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 154-156) Macbeth contemplates the idea of killing Duncan even as he is saluting Duncan at Duncan's palace. Macbeth's urge to exterminate Duncan increases when Duncan names Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, the heir to the Scottish throne. Macbeth's ambition strengthens because he pleads to the stars (his destiny) to make his plan a reality. (Stars, hide your fi ...