Themes - Ambition

Question 1

I have no spur…

Answer 1

I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls and on the other

Question 2

This have i thought good to deliver thee…

Answer 2

This have i thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou mighst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee

Question 3

Of noble having royal hope…

Answer 3

Of noble having royal hope… if you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me

Question 4

I dreamt…

Answer 4

I dreamt last night of the three weïrd sisters

Question 5

If you shall cleave to my consent…

Answer 5

If you shall cleave to my consent, when ‘tis, it shall make for you

Question 6

So I lose none…

Answer 6

So I lose none in seeking to augment It, but still keep my bosom franchised and allegiance clear, I shall be counsell’d

Question 7

All you have done…

Answer 7

All you have done hath been for a wayward son… loves for his own ends, not for you