vaulting ambition

Explain how Macbeth’s analysis of his own weakness of ‘vaulting ambition’ in this passage contributes to the rising and falling action of the play.

Macbeth soliloquy: Act 1 Scene 7 The following soliloquy is from Act I, Sc. 7. In it, Macbeth contemplates the consequences of killing Duncan. Read the passage carefully and then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the two sides of Macbeth’s inner conflict. Explain how Macbeth’s analysis of his own weakness of ‘vaulting […]

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