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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.

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 ambition’ in this passage contributes to […]