Macbeths Ambition
... The predominant factor in every murder is the ambition of Macbeth. ... It could be debated whether it was Lady Macbeth, the witches, or Macbeth’s ambition that provoked the killing. However, it can be seen, through quotes, that is was in fact Macbeth’s ambition that was the primary incentive for the Murder. Macbeth’s ambition finally persuades him to commit the murder during an hallucination. ... With these words Macbeth has already begun to submit to his ambition. The quote refers to his hallucination in which the dagger represents his ambition. Shortly after this stage of the play he commits the murder of King Duncan which shows that it was ambition, not the influence of others, that was the prevailing cause of murders committed by Macbeth.