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    MY AMBITION

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    MY AMBITION INTRODUCTION ‘Life without ambition is like a ship without rudder’ Different people have different ambitions. Some want to be rich. Some wish to become leaders to gain honour. Some desire to be great scientists. There are others who are mainly led by a spirit of adventure. Dreaming about touring the world‚ desiring to be a celebrity‚ wanting to be a teacher my goals varied. But all these were short lived. DETERMINING MY AMBITION ‘Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings

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    Ambition of Macbeth

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    Ambition “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down‚ or else o’erleap‚ For in my way it lies. Stars‚ hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears‚ when it is done‚ to see.” During Act 1 Scene 4‚ Macbeth describes his ambition as “black and deep desires.” He expresses the terrible desires that come across his mind. Macbeth is so caught up in his ambition‚ where he is willing to do anything that

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    My Ambition

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    Ambition is the desire for a personal achievement.Ambition has always taken an important part in people daily life because everybody want to achieve his goals in his life.However the point at issue is ambition is it positive or not ?In the following paragraphs we are going to expose the positive and negative aspects of this issue On the one hand ‚ if the ambition represents a sort of " motor" it can be very interesting because when you do omething which is very hard ‚ it’s always more easier to

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    Doctor Faustus shows great knowledge and learning but the way he describes and uses the knowledge he knows is different from how others would take it. Doctor Faustus’s knowledge is vast and great but certain goals cannot be obtain because reality refuses to let it happen. Because of that‚ Doctor Faustus’s character development throughout the story goes up and down‚ and Faustus would choose his decisions by only the present and not the future results it would occur to him. Doctor Faustus reveals

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    Doctor Faustus By Christopher Marlowe The Faust legend had its inception during the medieval period in Europe and has since become one of the world’s most famous and oft-handled myths. The story is thought to have its earliest roots in the New Testament story of the magician Simon Magus (Acts 8:9-24). Other references to witchcraft and magic in the Bible have always caused people to look upon the practice of magic as inviting eternal damnation for the soul. When the Renaissance came to northern

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    Carl Becker‚ author of Everyman His Own Historian‚ explains in his own words the meaning of history. Becker uses a narrative and facts to support his position. Becker begins by dissecting the textbook definition of history. The definition of history begins as‚ “the knowledge of events that have occurred in the past”‚ and later Becker develops the definition to‚ “history is the memory of things said and done.” Becker supports his change to the original definition by analyzing the actual words used

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    November 13‚ 2012 Doctor Faustus as a Tragic Hero Doctor Faustus is the most famous play of Christopher Marlowe he was of high skilled as a playwright and he could write very good drama. It is a tragedy of Doctor Faustus that is the main point of this story. Before moving on further‚ we should discuss about the definition of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is obviously a hero of a tragedy drama. However‚ a hero of the tragedy should not be an ordinary man but should be some higher and extra ordinary

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    my ambition

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    left after my sister’s explanation: my tooth had been ready to be extracted‚ while my friend’s had not.  “I’m going to be a dentist‚” I declared. I wanted to follow in the professional footsteps of my sister and my uncle. My sister supported my ambition‚ honoring my interest in her profession even when I was young.  I didn’t need to visit my sister’s clinic as a child because I had few cavities. As I entered elementary school and began eating more candy‚ however‚ I visited more often. I didn’t

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    Lightsey Block 5B 2/28/07 Doctor Faustus as a Religious Play Doctor Faustus is a play about a renaissance man who sells his soul to the devil for twenty-four years of worldly power. Faustus rejects Christian morals and becomes in a sense a demonic magician. The author Christopher Marlowe portrays the typical renaissance man of the time as a buffoon. Faustus uses his demonic power only to entertain rather than to accomplish any great

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    Entrepreneurial Ambitions Reginald E. Porter Strayer University Contemporary Business Dr. Brenda Harper January 18‚ 2012 Abstract An entrepreneur is someone who goes into business for themselves‚ hoping to expand and maximize profit. Throughout this report‚ I will briefly explain two of the premiere entrepreneurs who took a risk and it paid off. Entrepreneurial Ambitions It’s not about the price one charges for his goods and services‚ nor is it about the competition or how to beat

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