Macbeth is telling them to separate and prepare themselves for the murder of both Banquo and Fleance. The final sentence, “Resolve yourselves apart,” is directed to the murderers who are going to carry out the plan. “Must embrace the fate / Of that dark hour” means that Fleance must also be killed, just like Banquo, as he is also a threat to Macbeth’s rule. The phrase “Whose absence is no less material to me / Than is his father’s” means that Fleance’s absence would be just as significant to Macbeth as Banquo’s, because both of them pose a threat to his power. Macbeth is saying that Fleance’s presence is just as important to him as Banquo’s, but that he must also be eliminated in order to secure Macbeth’s position as king. In this particular part of the speech, Macbeth is talking about Banquo’s son, Fleance, who is with Banquo at the moment. The quote is part of a speech in which Macbeth is planning to murder his friend and former ally, Banquo, in order to prevent Banquo’s descendants from fulfilling a prophecy that they will one day become kings. #6: Fleance, his son, that keeps him company, / Whose absence is no less material to me / Than is his father’s, must embrace the fate / Of that dark hour. #5: To be thus is nothing, / But to be safely thus. Techniques: Soliloquy, characterisation.Meaning: Macbeth finds it difficult to justify his intent to murder Duncan - it’s only his ambition to be powerful that is pushing him to commit the act, otherwise he has not other motivation or reason for harming Duncan in such a manner.#4: I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’ other. Techniques: Characterisation, rhyming couplet.#3: Stars, hide your fires / Let not light see my black and deep desires. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, / Against the use of nature? Present fears / Are less than horrible imaginings. If ill, / Why hath it given me earnest of success, / Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor. #2: This supernatural soliciting / Cannot be ill, cannot be good.
Techniques: Characterisation, fatal flaw.By Sinel’s death I know I am thane of Glamis. #1: Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. Two key characters who are tied to ambition throughout the play are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, which can be seen through the quotes below. As you study Macbeth, you will come to see how different characters experience the feeling of ambition.
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