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    Macbeth‚ is another ambitious person in the play. He is a ruthless king who has people killed so he can stay in power‚ this ambition represents violence. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is a kind person who would never kill anyone for power. After his wife convinces him to kill Duncan‚ Macbeth’s life will never be the same ever again. Every murder he commits will haunt him until he is dead and the unbearable guilt will destroy him and his wife. Macbeth slowly becomes accustomed to killing and

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    Ambition plays a major role in Shakespeare’s tragedy of Macbeth‚ and is presented as a dangerous quality that principally influences the characters to do wrong. This play gives off a warning of how ambition can affect people and their actions by its influence on Macbeth and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth. This disastrous story begins with the witches predicting that Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland. Hence‚ Macbeth’s ambition emerges‚ furthermore persuaded by his wife and also

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    REFLECTION Macbeth is a courageous Scottish general who is not naturally thought of to commit evil deeds‚ all he desires is power and advancement. In Macbethambition is presented as a dangerous quality. It causes the downfall of both Macbeth‚ and Lady Macbeth and is the main reason for a series of deaths in the play. Ambition is therefore the driving force of the play. Macbeth is about the kind of destruction ambition can cause. Macbeth’s quest to acquire more power-his ambition-ultimately leads

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    his famous‚ shortest and bloodiest tragedies is Macbeth. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s profound vision of evil which is based on contradiction and ambition. The play distinguishes of man desires of being a king. Shakespeare’s understanding of the complexity human nature is shown in Macbeth. Macbeth was written in the 1606 in the early reign of James. James was patron of Shakespeare acting company. In all the plays Shakespeare wrote under James reign‚ Macbeth evidently replicates the play wright close relationship

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    Namrata Savaliya “Ambition” An ambition is an eager‚ and sometimes an excessive‚ desire for creation‚ honor‚ ascendancy‚ power‚ or the attainment of something. Every person is said to have his or her anomalous ambition. One might have dream to be rich‚ or having a villa. On the other side‚ one wants to become famous‚ a scientist or a doctor. Similarly‚ I have too my own ambition. I don’t want to become wealthy; I don’t want to get any fame. My aim of life is very simple and it is to serve

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    William Shakespeare created a dynamic character called lady Macbeth in shakespeares famous play Macbeth c. 1603-1607. She is the powerful presence in the play‚ most especially in the first two acts. Following the murder of King Duncan‚ however she is spectator to Macbeths plotting and a nervous hostess at the banquet. Lady Macbeth conquers instincts towards compassion in favor of ambition‚ ruthlessness and the single-minded pursuit of power. Yet in the beginning of the play‚ she acts as if she is

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    stated by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Macbeth displayed the same situation‚ he dare to kill the king‚ his friends to get in power. In general the play of MacBeth contains story about a great general who led his army to a victorious battle. In which he later found himself outnumbered. As the play continues and plot twists arise‚ he finds his way to rise and become king. Macbeth became avaricious for power‚ due to witches prophesy‚ wife manipulation and ultimately his own ambition to become the ruler. Undoubtedly

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    usually only desires; that mind-set that is really more of an entity that sits on ones shoulder‚ and relentlessly screams “further‚ further”; that asset that 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

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    Ambition is the decision one makes and the resolution with which he carries out that decision. It provides us with the required driving force to accomplish any undertakings in our life. Just as Joseph Epstein‚ a famous American writer put it‚ “And as we decide and choose‚ so are our lives formed.” Indeed‚ once we make up our minds to choose to do something‚ then our life becomes meaningful and specifically orientated. This notion of life‚ as far as I observe‚ is closest to truth and does apply to

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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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