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    What is ambition? Ambition is a strong desire to do something and requires hard work and determination. Do people need ambition to be successful? Many people believe they do need ambition to be successful. Ambition is a beneficial force that helps people strive to do their best. While reading the play Macbeth it becomes clear that ambition can be both beneficial and destructive. Throughout the play Macbeth has a great ambition to kill Duncan. The determination and hard work he has to kill Duncan

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    Corrupt Ambition Between Hitler and Macbeth Corrupt aspects of Man’s nature are shown in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth as well as through the ambition of Hitler and his desire to overthrow Germany and eliminate all Jews. This is shown by both Macbeth and Hitler’s murderous ambitious attitudes to do whatever it takes to become one of the most powerful people of their time. In the beginning of the play Macbeth was a reasonably good man and a great solider. Macbeth was even described as being

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    short story Macbeth by shakespeare he shows us that power and ambition can be a bad thing in the right case. The witches prophecies led to macbeth’s desire for power‚which leads to his death. We can see this when the witches say (1.3.14) “All hail Macbeth hail to thee throne of glains” In this quote we can see that the witches are worshipping Macbeth because they know that he will become the king this will also fuel macbeth’s ambition to be king making him do anything for it. (4.1.83) “Be bloody

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    punishment from a court standing. While the one raised in a bad environment would possibly say punishment of extreme measures like death for example. The problem with right and wrong‚ like I stated before‚ there can be no real correct answer. My definition of right‚ probably agrees with mostly everyone. My

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    The soliloquy Definition & analysis of soliloquy: “to be or not to be” The soliloquy: is the act of talking to oneself silently or allowed. In drama it’s a convention by which a character alone on stage utters his thoughts allowed; the playwright uses this device as a convenient way to convey directly to the audience information about a character’s motives‚ intentions and state of mind‚ as well as or purposes of general exposition. The soliloquies punctuate hat play at significant points‚

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    Human society burdens itself with generating organizational systems of rank to distinguish groups of people. Ambition -- the quest for power -- is a foremost drive embedded in the human spirit that motives men to better themselves. This quest is seen in Shakespeare’s tragic play Macbeth with the titular character who strives to achieve and maintain ultimate power. The central aspect of Macbeth lies with the title character’s desire to both follow and diverge from his destiny. After hearing of

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    Life According to the definition at Google.com‚ the American dream is defined as “the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did.”(WordNet) This term is often heard or uttered everyday whether you realize it or not. You typically don’t hear “American dream” everyday but you hear about people’s goals and achievements in life. The American dream has many perspectives. For example‚ the web definition is going to be completely different from a definition of an individual person

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    measurement of your radiance‚ soul and personality. However‚ Webster’s and the media would like you to believe that beauty is a one hundred percent physical term‚ that its definition is the measure of having the closest to correct bust line and waist line. Beauty itself has an incredible definition‚ a incredibly large definition of what it is not and an interesting history. Although‚ the media wants you to believe beauty can come in a bottle‚ it actually is much more than lipgloss and foundation.

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    Macbeth’s Path to Perdition Blind ambition can be defined as a strong desire which prevents people from seeing what is happening around them. Throughout history‚ kings‚ politicians‚ dictators‚ and heads of major corporations have all had strong inclinations that have clouded their good judgements to a point where the crossed the line between good and evil. One example that stands out above the rest was when Hitler tried to get rid of “less than perfect” humans in WWII and tried to seize power

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    play is ambition and how it compels the main characters to pursue it. Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth’s relationship is greeted with nothing‚ but irony throughout the play due to their greed for power. This is different from Shakespeare’s other plays as they mostly rely on romance and trust. Ambition is defined as the strong desire to achieve something‚ and this is obviously evident in the play as Macbeth strives to make himself King‚ and prevent fate from occurring. Not only is ambition present

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