Question

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The death of his wife leads Macbeth to reflect on the shortness and pointlessness of life. He realizes where his ambition led him : a life that he doesn't enjoy, without any friends. In this soliloquy, Macbeth reflects on how all thes efforts only leads him closer to death.

Answer 1

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Macbeth reflects on the brevity and futility of life after the loss of his wife. He sees where his desire has lead him: to a life he doesn't love and where he has no friends. Macbeth thinks in this soliloquy on how his efforts only bring him closer to death.

Answer 2

Ambition is necessary for accomplishment. Without an ambition to gain an end, nothing would be done. Without an ambition to excel others and to surpass one’s self there would be no superior reward. To win anything, we must have the ambition to do so.

Ambition is a good servant but a bad master. So long as we control our ambition, it is good, but if there is danger or our being ruled by it. - Laura Ingles

Explanation: Life is something to be treasured and valued over ambition