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    my ambition

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    left after my sister’s explanation: my tooth had been ready to be extracted‚ while my friend’s had not.  “I’m going to be a dentist‚” I declared. I wanted to follow in the professional footsteps of my sister and my uncle. My sister supported my ambition‚ honoring my interest in her profession even when I was young.  I didn’t need to visit my sister’s clinic as a child because I had few cavities. As I entered elementary school and began eating more candy‚ however‚ I visited more often. I didn’t

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    Furthermore‚ as stated before guilt is a major value used throughout the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ another example‚ is shown in act 5 scene 1. At night‚ in the king’s palace at Dunsinane‚ a doctor and a gentlewoman discuss‚ Lady Macbeth’s strange routine of sleepwalking. They watch her for a while and talk about her actions as they watch. She washes her hands‚ her eyes are open but she is asleep. She continues washing and talking to herself about how much blood the old man had‚ the thane

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    William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth uses characterization to reveal the following authorial attitude: hallucinations illumine the characters’ murderous universes. Attitude‚ personal thoughts‚ and speech respectively reflect the authorial attitude. Shakespeare uses attitude to portray Macbeth’s dagger episode as a murderous epiphany. Macbeth’s violence initially faces inner hesitance and indecisiveness: “If we should fail‚ -”(1.7.58). However‚ Macbeth gains animation as he psychologically

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    Macbeth: Blood Essay Example

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    Tracing A Word: Blood Act 1 1.) A. Quotation and speaker: Lady Macbeth: Bring forth men-children only; For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received‚ When we have mark’d with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers‚ That they have done’t? (1.7.72-77) B. Paraphrase and clarification: Hopefully you will only have male children‚ For you should compose nothing that isn’t masculine. When we have marked the servants

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    Mental illness affects approximately 1 in 4 people‚ including Macbeth from Shakespeare’s famous play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth. Illnesses like schizophrenia and psychopathy impact about one percent of the population. In the play‚ Macbeth expresses worrisome traits of both of these disorders. Schizophrenia and psychopathy are both extremely deteriorating to the mind and he very well could have suffered from not just one‚ but both of these illnesses. He has the tendencies to be a psychopath while also

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    Ambition In The Great Gatsby

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    Navdeep BadhanMs. DornfordENG3U1 – 08 May 30‚ 2014 Ambition and Its Negative Effects guilt An individual’s ambition can be a crucial factor in aiding one to achieve their goals. However‚ one’s obsessive desire to achieve their goals can have a series of destructive effects potentially leading to their demise. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ is a novel that depicts the consequences that relate to one’s obstinate devotion to their goal. Characters in the novel strive to achieve their individual

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    Macbeth Universal Truths Essay William Shakespeare’s plays are written with bold thought‚ constant action and beautiful words. The thing that I feel is most important about Shakespeare’s writing‚ and Macbeth in particular‚ is that there is much more meaning than there appears on the surface. The words themselves are not what is important‚ it is in the subtext where you find the real story. After reading Macbeth I learned that Shakespeare says many things beneath the surface of his writing. Some

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    In William Shakespeare’s plays‚ Othello and Macbeth‚ an underlying connection of the result of blind ambition is presented. Through the use of ambition for power‚ love‚ and mental satisfaction‚ Shakespeare demonstrates that regardless of the source of ambition‚ if it is pursued without regard to morality‚ it results in destruction. Firstly‚ the desire for prestige and power by characters in both plays results in destruction. For example‚ Iago and Macbeth both desire power and do so to the detriment

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    learnt from this genre of text. In particular‚ the hero’s “fatal flaw” gives readers poor examples of identifying and coping with imperfections in their character. These fatal flaws‚ which are not common in the real world‚ nevertheless engage with readers‚ and give them morals that many would consider important in their lives. To illustrate this point‚ examples will be given from Shakespeare’s famous tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ in which the fatal flaw plays a great part in teaching morale to the readers or listeners

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    used in his play ’Macbeth’ include the forms of clothing‚ darkness‚ and blood. Each image is an important symbol in the play.<br><br>Clothing‚ is a major and crucial part of ‘Macbeth’‚ Shakespeare purposely used it to reveal Macbeth’s true character. It is also used to show how Macbeth is seeking to hide his "disgraceful self" from his eyes and from others. Clothes in the play aren’t really clothes; the clothes that are being talked about are statures. Throughout the play Macbeth is represented symbolically

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