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    AMBITION: Every person has his own dream or ambition in life. Someone wants to become a soldier‚ someone a doctor‚ some an engineer or a politician and so on. Some others aspire for the careers of authors‚ actors or singers. But my ambition is to become a police officer in my future life. In the drill class in my school‚ I was very serious‚ and always tried to follow and learn the rules of parade as perfectly as possible because I wanted to become a member of the police force. A police officer

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    of Macbeth is a play analyzing evil in people‚ and the nature of that evil. It also shows the struggle that people have when deciding on a certain action to take‚ or a struggle with a decision already made. In the play‚ Shakespeare uses Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to portray some of the different types of evil that can manifest in a person. Macbeth begins the play as a celebrated war hero‚ Thane of Glamis‚ and a man who had slain Macdonwald and fought off an attack by Norway. For this‚ Macbeth was

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    In Kurosawa Akira’s film‚ No Regrets for Our Youth‚ Yukie and Itokawa are spending time with each other‚ after Noge had left. Once Yukie finishes playing the piano‚ which was to ignore Noge‚ she seems to out a bit out of character. She grabs a cigarette and asks for Itokawa to light it up‚ which he does without question. However‚ she moves her head away‚ and this is where the sequence begins. At 12:56‚ Yukie immediately turns to Itokawa and demands him to bow on his knees to her. This is in a medium

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    Being‚ ’ a concept inherited from the Middle Ages‚ can be described as a hierarchy of society‚ with the monarch at the top and the lowliest peasants at the bottom. Below people were animals‚ plants and rocks. During the Elizabethan era‚ ‘dangerous ambition ’ would probably involve trying to break the ‘Chain of Being ’ and striving to increase one ’s social status. It was believed to be necessary to accept one ’s place in the chain‚ as to disrupt it and overcome the set order of society could mean chaos

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    Ambition In Julius Caesar

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    I think that ambition is the theme in this play. The entire time rather Caesar‚ Antony‚ Brutus or Cassius have a lot of ambition. Although Caesar isn’t too ambitious‚ he still want the crown deep down. He never makes a large attempt at “taking over’’ or trying to rule but the word that he will be getting the crown at the Ides of March is enough to motivate him to go. Now‚ Cassius has more ambition than almost anyone. He tries constantly to convince Brutus constantly to overthrow and kill Julius

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    Macbeth Essay Explore the ways the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth develop throughout the play. Making reference to Shakespeare’s use of language and stagecraft‚ examine the ways the events of the play impact on them and their relationship. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in 1564. One of the most influential writers of all time‚ still remembered today for his enigmatic plays. The zeitgeist of England in the 17th century did nothing but intensify his success. In an

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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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    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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    The Monologue Of Macbeth

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an amazing theatrical tragedy. It complains very unique parts as monologue of Macbeth when his wife died. Here we can find many interesting moments when we worried about the protagonist‚ his fatal flaw‚ at the same line we see antagonist who leaded Macbeth to crime‚ very dramatic denouement. The text leads us to think about virtue and make our own conclusion and feelings. The first main part of each creation‚ especially for tragedy‚ is plot. Personally‚ I found for myself

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    What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is an honourable protagonist (or any literary character) with a tragic flaw‚ also known as fatal flaw‚ which eventually leads to his death or decease or downfall. A tragic hero usually has the following sequence of "Great‚ Good‚ Flaw‚ Downfall." and more often than not dies at some point in the story. Tragic heroes appear in the dramatic works of Shakespeare‚ Seneca‚ Marlowe‚ Webster‚ Strindberg‚ and many other writers. Tragic heroes possess some flaw or obsession

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