The famous author‚ William Shakespeare wrote a play titled The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ which took place in Scotland. In the story the main character Macbeth was bloodthirsty for leadership with great ambition to become king‚ leading to his tragic death. The essential theme of the story is Macbeth’s ambition to become king of Scotland‚ along with other characters various actions that depict them as ambitious. Starting off the reader can see that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are very ambitious from the character
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BSc International Business Personal Skills for Business Management Students Drawing upon your experience of study and learning during the past two semesters‚ reflect on the development of your academic and generic skills. Identify your strengths and weaknesses‚ and suggest areas which you need to improve or develop‚ including the strategies you will use to do so. Student ID: 1185897 Effective academic and personal skills are not inborn; they are something one can work on and develop through
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both types of skills- the hard skills and the soft skills. Hard skills are important and you should never undermine them. They are your bread and butter skills. For example‚ a tourist guide has to know the technical aspects of his job like showing his tourists the right places in a proper sequence with authentic commentary on them‚ the legalities of his job‚ the safety aspect of his tourists etc‚ yet‚ he will be more in demand and earn more if he also has the necessary soft skills for the job like
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of the word ambition and demonstrates‚ through his characters‚ how ambition is the common driving force behind actions–often rooting itself in the very essence of a character’s being. Ambition is defined by The Random House Dictionary of the English Language as “an earnest desire for some type of achievement of distinction‚ as power‚ honor‚ fame‚ or wealth‚ and the willingness to strive for its attainment” ( ). Most apparently‚ Edmond Dantès (the Count of Monte Cristo) has an ambition for revenge
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Macbeth’s ambition remarkably transformed throughout the play. In the begging‚ Macbeth is ambitious in a way that is non-violent; therefore‚ his ambition was for a greater good‚ and not for his own success. Although Duncan is a superior king‚ after Macbeth encounters with the 3 witches he becomes tempted to kill Duncan because of greed‚ insecurity and hopelessness. Macbeth is almost convinced by his wife to kill Duncan‚ “I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent‚ but only/ Vaulting ambition‚ which
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and serve. The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare is a tragedy about how a knight is stuck in between loyalty and ambition. Three witches tell Macbeth he would become Thane of Cawdor and later king. Once Thane of Cawdor‚ Macbeth pressured by his wife‚ begins to see his future as king‚ but realizes he has obstacles in the way. Pressured by Lady Macbeth‚ the three witches‚ and his ambition for the throne‚ Macbeth commits murder under trust and treason. To begin with‚ murder under trust is the killing
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Ambition in life All of us have some ambition or the other in life. Such a man has naturally a purpose in life and is always enthusiastic and makes sustained efforts to realise his ambition. He strives hard till he attains what he wishes. Nothing can deter him from the path he treads. But Ambition should be within one’s reach. There is no fun for crying for the moon. My ambition is to be a great painter. My teachers have always appreciated my paintings and encouraged me to paint. I have painted
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denies any possibility of losing authority. However‚ what he did not expect was that the crown will soon shatter him. Shakespeare reconstructs Macbeth as a scheming character through strong diction and irony to introduce the theme of how one’s blind ambition can lead to their demise. Through his powerful word choice‚ Shakespeare delivers the main idea of the soliloquy along with a better insight of Macbeth’s characterization. While lamenting about having no children to inherit the throne‚ he says that
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Ambition and Desire: Macbeth Ambition and desire in itself are not bad traits‚ it is only when released from moral constraints that they can wreak havoc. These traits‚ which have been freed from any sense of morality and principles are explored through Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth. Shakespeare developed Macbeth as a noble character who gives in to the cravings of power and superiority over others‚ and not only goes on a murdering rampage‚ but drags his morally corrupt wife with him‚ ultimately
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Ambition can cause the most steady and kind person to become corrupt‚ because depending on how strong their ambition is and how determined they are could cause some big problems for the surrounding people involved‚ for example; Abigail in Arthur miller’s the crucible calling people witches to earn a sort of petty revenge and to keep Elizabeth away so she could have john for herself not caring about what happened to her accomplices and others along the way‚ accusing those who posed as a threat to
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