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Macbeth
As the main character in the story, Macbeth is the character that has the strongest ambition. This story began with Macbeth’s ambition and ended with Macbeth’s ambition. The ambition of being the king made him murdered lots of people and made him to be a cruelly man. “The castle of Macduff I will surprise; seize upon Fife; give to the sedge o’th’ sword, his wife, his babes, and and all unfortunate souls.” (4.2.150~153) what Macbeth says is that he will kill all the people that in Macduff’s castle and it has shown that his ambition has made him to be a cruelly person. Also, Macbeth’s ambition has been proved in “Till thou applaud the deed. Come seeling night, scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand, cancel and tear to pieces that great bond.” (3.2.46~49). Macbeth murdered Banquo for his ambition of being king, even Banquo is his best friend.

Lady Macbeth
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Because of her loyalty to Macbeth, she has done what Macbeth afraid to do. “Give me the aggers. The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures. ‘Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their gulit.” (2.3.53~57) Lady Macbeth’s cruelly mind and her loyalty to Macbeth has been shown by the action that she took for finishing what Macbeth have not done. For her husband’s success, she even can smash baby’s head when it is smiling at her. “I have given suck,and know how tender'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would,while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this” (1.7) which shows us that her loyalty to Macbeth could make her do anything for

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