Who Is Banquo's Vaulting Ambition In Macbeth

“Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth.” [1] This assessment of his character will be argued with close reference to Macbeth.
To say that Macbeth is “a most worthy thane” [1] is an unfitting judgment of his character. Banquo’s “noble partner” [1] reveals his true colours when he allows his “vaulting ambition” [1] to come into power. By allowing himself to be influenced by the “Weird sisters” [1], he aligns himself with their belief that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” [1]. Macbeth agrees, with the help of “[his] dearest partner of greatness” [1] and the equivocating “fiends” [1], that the “horrid deed” [1] of “regicide” [2] must be committed. The “brave Macbeth” [1] initially claims that if “chance will have [him] king, why, chance may crown [him], without [his] stir” [1], yet contradicts himself by proceeding “further in this business” [1] and hiding “what [his] false heart doth know” [1]. The “three witches” [2] play on Macbeth’s “hamartia” [2] to turn him from a “good soldier” [1] to a “tyrant” [1] wearing “borrowed robes” [1].
Macbeth starts to plan the demise of his “dear friend” [1] as soon as he discovers that Banquo’s “children shall be kings” [1]. This is interpreted by the newly crowned
Out of “rage” [2] the “angry god” [1] has Macduff’s “wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in’s line” [1]; “savagely slaughtered” [1]. Macduff feels that they have been “struck for [him]” [1] and promises to have the “abhorred [tyrant’s]” [1] head “stuck on the end of [his] sword” [1]. Macbeth holds relentlessly onto his false hopes, which only makes him more acrimonious, resulting in his people living in “absolute fear of him” [1]. The “English army” [2], led by Malcolm, restores much needed order to the “poor country” [2] after Macduff keeps his