Macbeth recognises that "overarching AMBITION" is the only motive he has for killing King Duncan and seizing the Scottish throne. ... Macbeth recognises that "overarching AMBITION" is the only motive he has for killing King Duncan and seizing the Scottish throne.
Macbeth expresses through his soliloquy, including guilt, ambitiousness, and the relationship between the ideas of fate and free will. Macbeth, in working himself up to the murder of his king, is filled with hesitancy and doubt.
