Ambition Flashcards
Ambition #1 - yield, suggestion, horrid, unfix, hair (Macbeth)
“Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid images doth unfix my hair” (Macbeth)
Ambition #2 - spur, prick, sides, intent, vaulting, ambition (Macbeth)
“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition”
Ambition #3 - Alcohol, desire, performance (Porter)
“[Alcohol] provokes the desire, but it takes away performance”
Ambition #4 - Upon, head, fruitless, crown, barren, scepter (Macbeth)
“Upon my head they have placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip”
Ambition #5 - From, moment, firstling, heart, firstlings, hand (Macbeth)
“From this moment the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.”
Ambition #6 - Wrack, least, die, harness, back
“Come, wrack! At least we’ll die with harness on our back.”