Lady Macbeth. Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor!
Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter!
Thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant present, and I feel now
The future in the instant.
–The Tragedy of Macbeth,
William Shakespeare
Read the excerpt. Why does Lady Macbeth appeal to Macbeth’s ambition in this passage?
to express how much she admires his achievements
to increase his desire to pursue greater power
to convince him that the king is vulnerable to attack
to convince him that his current titles are not worth cherishing
