Macbeth Ambition Flashcards

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1
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What is macbeths ambition known as

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His hamartia

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2
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What does Banquo not act on

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His ambition

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3
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What is shakespeares message on ambition

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Acting on ambition can have painful consequences

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4
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“Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires”

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Macbeth’s hamartia

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5
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“Look how our partners rapt”

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Macbeths hamartia

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6
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“Vaulting ambition”

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Macbeth’s hamartia

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7
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“Your wife and babes savagely slaughtered”

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Macbeths hamartia

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“Allegiance clear”

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Banquo literary foil

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9
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“If I grow the harvest is your own””

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Banquo literary foil

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10
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“A little water clears us off this deed”

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Consequences of guilt

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“Full of scorpions is my mind”

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Consequence of guilt

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12
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“Never shake thy gory locks at me”

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Haunted by ambition

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13
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“Out damned spot”

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Consequences of guilt

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14
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“Perfumes of Arabia”

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Strongest smell won’t get rid of guilty consequences

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15
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“Dead butcher”
“Fein like queen”

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Consequences of ambition

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