FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Lady Macbeth’s struggle with her ambition and conscience
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Universal laws against murder vs individual ambition
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Macbeth’s struggle with his conscience and ambition
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Personal ambition vs the greater good of the community
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Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth struggles with the decision to murder for personal gain; ambition motivates him to commit the unthinkable. He kills Duncan, and wallows in guilt afterward. His conscience takes over, paranoia sets in, and the repercussions are endless.
Detailed explanation-2: -This initial conflict over whether or not he can kill his king, which exists both between Macbeth and himself and between Macbeth and his wife, is resolved when Macbeth acts, murdering Duncan and then seizing power after the more obvious heirs flee in fear of being accused of the crime.
Detailed explanation-3: -His conscience alarms him and he becomes afraid of his evil thoughts. His “deep and dark desires” are a constant source of torment to him … His guilty thoughts are exacerbated by the thought that he should be protecting the king and his cousin, Duncan, not “bear(ing) the knife myself”.
Detailed explanation-4: -He is driven by a need for power which eventually sets him on a path to his own destruction. His wife shares this fatal flaw with him. Macbeth has been thinking about whether or not he should murder Duncan.
Detailed explanation-5: -He describes being unable to motivate himself to take action by likening himself to a rider who cannot use his spurs to motivate his horse to go faster. The one thing he does have is ambition, which he compares to a horse and rider who overestimate their ability to leap over an obstacle, and end up falling down.