Examples Of Ambition In Macbeth
ESSAY PLAN
Intro
Body Ambition * General overview of Ambition throughout the play
* Macbeth – effects of ambition * Reversal of Values caused by ambition – Loyalist to Tyrant * From the beginning to the end * “For Brave Macbeth- who deserves that name” – Act I, Scene 2 * “Black Macbeth” (Act IV, Scene 3) – symbolism – black, being evil * “Dead butcher” (Act V, Scene 9) - Metaphor of the butcher, Macbeth killing so many people, brutally
* Consequences * Reversal of the Natural order * Quotes – “Tis’ said they ate each other” (Act II, Scene 4) – Incongruence, out of order, horses normally portrayed as beautiful and majestic. * (Macduff’s family being murdered, the conversation between mother and son, then the murder) …show more content…
* Consequences of Lady Macbeth’s unnatural desires * Out, damned spot! (Act V, Scene 1) Irony, from the beginning, dismissing the idea of when Macbeth says – “Will all great Neptune’s oceans…” (Act II, Scene 3)
Intro
Body Ambition * General overview of Ambition throughout the play
* Macbeth – effects of ambition * Reversal of Values caused by ambition – Loyalist to Tyrant * From the beginning to the end * “For Brave Macbeth- who deserves that name” – Act I, Scene 2 * “Black Macbeth” (Act IV, Scene 3) – symbolism – black, being evil * “Dead butcher” (Act V, Scene 9) - Metaphor of the butcher, Macbeth killing so many people, brutally
* Consequences * Reversal of the Natural order * Quotes – “Tis’ said they ate each other” (Act II, Scene 4) – Incongruence, out of order, horses normally portrayed as beautiful and majestic. * (Macduff’s family being murdered, the conversation between mother and son, then the murder) …show more content…
* Consequences of Lady Macbeth’s unnatural desires * Out, damned spot! (Act V, Scene 1) Irony, from the beginning, dismissing the idea of when Macbeth says – “Will all great Neptune’s oceans…” (Act II, Scene 3)