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Macbeth - Themes - Ambition Flashcards

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Finish the quote: ‘valours…

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minion’

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what does ‘valour’s minion’ show

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abids to code of honour

foreshadows his susceptibility to manipulation

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Finish the quote: ‘vaulting…

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ambition’

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what does ‘vaulting ambition’ show

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verb ‘vaulting’ - mammoth ego - ambition to his hermartia

personification - human like force - controlling the mind

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Finish the quote: ‘life is but a walking shadow…

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it is tale… signifying nothing

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what does ‘life is so walking shadow.. it is a tale.. signifying nothing show

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understands the futility of his ambition

noun - tale - ominous nursery rhyme

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