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    Ambition In Julius Caesar

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    protect their people and have ambition towards honor. However‚ history has not been perfect in that sense; Leaders such as Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler have consumed power and hurt others for their own benefits. Hitler wanting adulation and honor had to force this way into the minds of his people. Caesar wanting an empire and all the power from the Senate had to defeat Pompey to become the only ruler of Rome. Did both Hitler and Caesar abuse power to fulfill their ambition and gain honor? Their uses

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    Shakespeare‚ Macbeth presented a very ambitious but evil character. Macbeth went after what he wanted even if it meant hurting others. He made many bad choices just to protect himself. Not only did Macbeth care about King but also Lady Macbeth was ambition to become Queen. The evil three witches told Macbeth that he should beware of Macduff. The witches filled Macbeth head up with the thought that Macduff would try to become King. Macbeth wanted to learn more about the future. He wanted to find out

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    ESSAY PLAN Intro Body Ambition * General overview of Ambition throughout the play * Macbeth – effects of ambition * Reversal of Values caused by ambition – Loyalist to Tyrant * From the beginning to the end * “For Brave Macbeth- who deserves that name” – Act I‚ Scene 2 * “Black Macbeth” (Act IV‚ Scene 3) – symbolism – black‚ being evil * “Dead butcher” (Act V‚ Scene 9) - Metaphor of the butcher‚ Macbeth killing so many people‚ brutally

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    Achieving Your Ambitions

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    shame in saying that‚ because why should we feel any embarrassment in admitting that we attempted to achieve success? At the very least we tried‚ for the worst failure of all is the failure to try. That is the first rule towards achieving your ambitions. Moving past the ‘no‚ I just can’t.’ attitude and realizing that you can. That the possibility is there‚ and no matter how minute that chance is‚ the fact that it is present is all you really need. In the words of Beth Hamilton‚ ‘You don’t

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    Ambition In The Great Gatsby

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    Navdeep BadhanMs. DornfordENG3U1 – 08 May 30‚ 2014 Ambition and Its Negative Effects guilt An individual’s ambition can be a crucial factor in aiding one to achieve their goals. However‚ one’s obsessive desire to achieve their goals can have a series of destructive effects potentially leading to their demise. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ is a novel that depicts the consequences that relate to one’s obstinate devotion to their goal. Characters in the novel strive to achieve their individual

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    Psychological Deterioration of Macbeth Ambition is the driving force that gives humans the desire to achieve a certain goal. Ambition is the motivation that keeps us going and a revered trait by many. However‚ it is also a psychological drug. Like many drugs‚ ambition also has a dark‚ addictive side: what used to be determination turns into obsession. Once hooked‚ one will stop at nothing to get what he wants‚ regardless of the cost. The dangers of ambition can be seen in the Shakespearean tragedy

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    during Act 1‚ Macbeth is a kind and honorable man‚ who truthfully did not have the adequate ambitions to become king. As a character‚ Macbeth is very noble and has the status of the Thane of Glamis‚ to which originally‚ he is satisfied with this title alone‚ until he has the encounter with three witches‚ and learns of a prophecy where he becomes king. Once told of this‚ the theme that pride‚ greed‚ and ambition can overpower morality and human nature emerges‚ and this is perfectly exemplified in the

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    My Ambition in Life

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    aimless life and what they do in life‚ is largely a matter of chance‚ determined by the circumstances in which they happen to be placed. Aimless people do not achieve any thing in life. They just live because they have to live.A man or woman without an ambition is really an unfortunate person because his life is just like a ship without a rudder. It is at the mercy of winds and will be tosses hither and thither aimlessly. As it does not have any set destination. It will reach nowhere. Without any set aim

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    Ambition In The Great Gatsby

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    towards the next objective they face. Just like many characters in the stories we read‚ people follow this cycle of setting goals‚ achieving them‚ then moving on to the next. But what is behind these ambitions that fuel the true stories we read? Ralph Waldo Emerson lays the foundation for ambitions in his theories of transcendentalism in his piece “Self-Reliance”. This speech‚ which was used to promote individualism from Europe‚ highlights the necessity to listen to yourself‚ not what others may

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    but are often ambitiously pursued with only the end result in mind. In William Shakespeare’s plays‚ Othello and Macbeth‚ an underlying connection of the result of blind ambition is presented. Through the use of ambition for power‚ love‚ and mental satisfaction‚ Shakespeare demonstrates that regardless of the source of ambition‚ if it is pursued without regard to morality‚ it results in destruction. Firstly‚ the desire for prestige and power by characters in both plays results in destruction. For

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