makes those who are not zealous‚ jealous... That is ambition. Ambition has been the backbone of every army! Through those great ancient Egyptian wars. From the conception to the design to the construction to the completion‚ ambition was the proverbial foreman‚ as once again we see that collective zeal create a phenomenon...thus...Ambition is the source of all that is good and all that is evil! It makes the wonders and it makes the wars. Ambition is the winner and loser of every game! Every footballer
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AMBITION Ambition and its pre-dominant theme of acquisition‚ is being touted as the new ideal of an increasingly materialistic world. Prescribed as an indispensible prerequisite for ‘success’ it has long erased the virtue of aspiration from the minds of our youth. Characterised by a subtle yet firm will to achieve or become‚ aspiration advocates the pursuit of excellence as opposed to mere success. Can ambition and aspiration be seen as diametrically opposite manifestations of the souls needed
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6/18/2013 Mr. Brown ENG 3U In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein it can be said that both protagonists come to an unfortunate end. What leads to Macbeth and Frankenstein’s premature demise? Victor Frankenstein and Macbeth both demonstrate that acquisition of knowledge is dangerous and to seek it for the purpose of power leads to destruction of life. Macbeth’s and Frankenstein’s knowledge leads to overwhelming ambition‚ to immoral decisions and the destruction of their
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Feminism As one reads Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ you notice that the women characters have more substance in comparison to their counterparts‚ the male characters. This is due to the period the novel was written where females were seen as inferior beings in comparison to the males. There are various factors in the novel that portray feminism. The three major points are women reflect on the men; women are shown as possessions that need protection from the men‚ and also women are shown as stereotypical
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CHAPTER FOUR THE CONCEPT OF AMBITION Ambition: Ambition is the desire for elevation and continuous aspiration. Ambition is the case of a person who never feels satisfied and never stops at a certain level. Now‚ is this wrong or right? Is it spiritual or not spiritual? Normal or abnormal? Should a person go that way or resist it? These are important questions to which we shall give answers here with regard to the kind of ambition and its direction. Ambition is a natural thing‚ part of
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Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein highlights mankind’s yearning for knowledge. Usually‚ societies encourage the pursuit of knowledge and emphasize on the importance of it; however‚ Shelley diverges from this idea and focuses on the dangers that result from it instead. This notion is idealized in which the intense longing for knowledge drives the protagonist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ into going beyond the laws of science and creating a monster he soon resents. Following his creation‚ a cascade of tragic
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it and so‚ Justine was put to death. In anger‚ Victor remember where the creature was heading. Victor climbs up a mountain where he encounters the creature again. The creature tells him he is a bad creator for abandoning him and also tells him about how he met a family. He learned from the family and helped them too‚ but when they saw him for the first time‚ they ran away from him. He was so upset that he killed people. He told Victor that he must make him a female and doing so he would never see him
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Monstrosity: A Common Trait in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Shelley’s Frankenstein Through time‚ the theme of the monstrosity has been a prominent subject in many novels and plays. In the play “Macbeth‚” Macbeth illustrates monstrous traits though his ambition as he strives to become the king of Scotland. Victor in Shelley’s Frankenstein also displays monstrous behaviors by using science along with his ambition to create his prodigious mammoth. Moreover‚ Both Lady Macbeth and the three witches imply their
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November 28‚ 2012 Research Paper Birth Order and Personality: Does a Person’s Birth Order Affect Their Personality? More than half of the United States presidents are the first born child. Television stars and movie stars such as Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are also first born children. “First born children are known to be natural leaders” (Cane). Birth order could affect the reason this person made it to Hollywood. Birth order does affect a person’s personality. Many people consider their personalities
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How does the home environment affect the literacy skills of an individual? In today’s era of development‚ home environment eventually affects the literacy skills of an individual as when one is born‚ this environment will lead to their development and will inculcate the norms and values within the society and how to behave as an individual upon rules and regulation put forward by the community. Literacy is based on an individual’s discourse‚ and is acquired through social interactions with others
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