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The person who wrote this question wants you to say "Ambition". Although quite frankly there is no reason to think that Macbeth was actually more ambitious than he was before meeting the witches. To be king when you are his cousin, yeah, it's always a possibility and it would be nice. To that extent there was always some desire in Macbeth to be king. But something is predicted, then new questions come into play. "If I'm going to be king, how is that going to happen? Will Duncan name me as his successor? If not, do I have to kill him? Or will it happen some other way?" His desire to be king takes on a new light when he starts to think that it is certain to happen.

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