You look back to the beginning of the play at Macbeth was the kind of person who would never kill anyone for power. ... Rather to come fate into the list, and champion me to the utterance "(3.1.70-73) Since he committed such acts to become king, he does not want anything to come in the way of his desire to be king and doesn't want Banquo's kids becoming kings either which shows how ruthless Macbeth really became during the progress of the play even with the friendship with Banquo and if the destruction of friendship isn't a strong enough symbol to show Macbeth's true ambit...

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At the beginning of the play "Macbeth", written by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth can be perceived as a manipulative and deeply ambitious person, which implies an overall sinister-like quality. ... That is, Lady Macbeth's ambition drives her to persuade her husband into the murdering of innocent people. ...

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