Ambition is often the leading force in one’s life‚ making them strive persistently to achieve something more and accomplish great things. It can be a positive force‚ but can easily become a negative one when clouds by one’s desires and greed. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ blind ambition has blurred the morality of many of the characters and causes them to fall to their demise. To convey the theme as effectively as possible Shakespeare uses numerous rhetorical devices throughout the play‚ one
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"My immediate goal is to gain admission to the College of Law. I know that I will be able to receive a top-notch education that will allow me to fulfill my potential as a contributing member of society. As a young boy‚ I dreamed of becoming a police officer or a fireman. Of course‚ many young boys my age harbored similar aspirations. However‚ I was not attracted to these professions for their obvious action and bravado. What made the people who performed these jobs special to me is that
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human race be without ambition? Beyond it’s definition of desiring success‚ it has come to mean so much more; it is the thing which keeps us all striving for greatness; it is what has brought about some of the most revolutionary‚ world-altering inventions the world has ever seen. On the other hand‚ it has also been the downfall of great leaders and societies who reached too high. In Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein is a man who finds that ambition has taken him and those
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-How does the author describe the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the boy? My Greatest Ambition is a story written by Morris Lurie in 1984 about a thirteen-year-old boy whose greatest ambition was being a comic-strip artist although at the end he grows out of it. In this text the author can easily transmit the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the main character in different ways. One of the ways Morris Lurie describes them is through the boy’s incapacity of controlling his own body
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Fahrenheit 451: Ambitions Conflicting with Society. A characters goals and ambitions often come into conflict with those around him/her. In the story Fahrenheit 451‚ Montags goals definitely come into conflict with those around him. Montag is a fireman (which in the future means a book-burner)‚ who burns books because the government tells the citizens they are not allowed to read books. In the story‚ many events happen that changed Montags opinion on the book-banning and he had a change of heart
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because they fear of what would happen to them if they were indeed‚ powerless. This notorious human characteristic is fully explored in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ a story of the destructive consequences a deep ambition for power can lead to. Macbeth’s paranoid sense of ambition‚ and the prodding from his “partner in greatness”‚ blind him from appreciating his more than exceptional life; apparently‚ a promotion from the king‚ a loving wife‚ and nobility status were not enough to quench Macbeth’s
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Lady Macbeth’s ambition is not for herself‚ but for Macbeth. Her actions and thoughts revolves around Macbeth fulfilling his desires. Although she had no ambition for herself‚ she fueled Macbeth to take drastic measures. Shakespeare’s portrayal of woman subjectively demonstrates that they are seen as a temptress. Indeed Macbeth was considering killing Duncan but stopped after rationalizing with himself . She was able to sway confused Macbeth to committing a horrible deed. Through questioning Macbeth’s
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Family Ambition In the play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth which took place in Scotland‚ the author William Shakespeare wrote about Macbeth a nobleman of Scotland‚ who travels down the path of curiosity to satisfy his lustful desire of wanting to be king. In The Tragedy of Macbeth the thriving theme is about how ambitious Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are to help Macbeth become and remain the king of Scotland. To begin with‚ the reader can see how the characters characteristics show their ambition throughout
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Ambition and Power Destroy Macbeth ‘Thriftless ambition that will ravin up‚ Thine own life’s means.’1 Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth shows the destructive power of uncontrolled ambition and power on a man. Burning ambition and later‚ uncontrolled power leads to the downfall of all Macbeth’s ‘life’s means’‚ that is religion‚ sanity and a good national relationship. In the 17th century‚ religion was the lifeblood of all men; it bonded all people – from peasants to Kings under a central belief
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