Macbeth-Quotes

• 'In Act 1, Macbeth personifies his ambition, portraying it as passessing a potency comparable to a human force that can exort influence and corrupt his formerly innocent mind.'
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  When he acknowledges its eventual ”fall”, it indicates Macbeth's awareness that his all-encompassing ambition is his hamartia destined to lead to his mental and physical decline
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  Alternatively this portrayal positions Macbeth as a victim ensnared by his own ambition, showcasing his introspective understanding of its fatal consequences and presenting him as vulnerable to its relentless influence
• The metaphorical portrayal of Macbeth’s “vaulting ambition” draws a parallel between him and a jockey who is to manage an untameable, almost animalistic force. Shakespeare not only uses this metaphor to depict Macbeth's struggle to control his ambition nature but also to suggest his self-deception.
• Macbeth believes he is able to harness some control over his ambition, enough that he is able to transcend the societal, political and dinine limitations placed upon him
• “Vaulting ambition which overleaps itself and falls on the other“


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