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    Ambition is often the driving force in one’s life. It can have an extremely dominant impact on not only yourself‚ but also many people in your surroundings. You have the ability to control if the outcomes either have a lasting negative or positive effect. When a goal requires determination and hard work to complete‚ personal morals often take a back seat to the aspiration of accomplishing the goal. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ it is clear that like many other great leaders‚ Macbeth exemplifies the necessary

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    of Duncan begins with the witches prophesying that Macbeth will be king. Macbeth wants to fulfil this prophecy due to his high ambitions. However‚ the prophecy is fulfilled only because Lady Macbeth leads her husband through the barriers. It is Macbeth’s wife who causes the death of Duncan. <br> <br>Lady Macbeth acts as Macbeth’s superior while the murder of Duncan occurs. Lady Macbeth has high ambitions for her husband. She understands that Macbeth has a lust for the throne. However‚ she fears that

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    Rabaya Rahman English 151 Midterm Ambition in Macbeth An ambition is an eager or strong desire to achieve something‚ such as fame or power. In Shakespeare’s Macbethambition is presented throughout the play as a dangerous quality that influences the two main characters‚ Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth‚ to use violence in their pursuit for power. Macbeth is a brave and loyal Scottish general‚ who is not naturally likely to carry out malicious acts. However Macbeth is driven by evil thoughts when

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    Ambition in Macbeth In Macbeth‚ a play set in Scotland‚ William Shakespeare wrote a tragedy of a man&#8217;s ambition. In the play‚ Macbeth is described as a man who has ambitions of becoming king. After the first part of the prophecy by the witches whom he has met returning from battle comes true‚ he begins to think the second part may also come true‚ &#8220;supernatural soliciting cannot be ill‚ cannot be good.&#8221; The witches have predicted that Macbeth would first become Thane of

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    English pd. 4 12/5/12 Macbeth: Close Reading Essay Ambition is a strong feeling of wanting to be successful in achieving a goal (Encarta Dictionary). An example of an ambition is in the play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare. The main character‚ Macbeth is described as “not without ambition‚” (Shakespeare‚ 1.5. 19) to become the king. Therefore‚ he has the drive‚ and he desires for the success of becoming the king. However‚ by achieving his goal and satisfying his ambition‚ the character’s soul and

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    _MACBETH_ Ambition is what drives you to do what you need to do to get something done. Ambition is the driving force throughout _MacBeth_. It is the "engine" running the whole story. A tragic hero is the great character in a dramatic tragedy that is destined for defeat. The main character‚ MacBeth‚ is the one who ambition is driving the most. He is also the tragic hero of this story. Ambition is big in three ways in _MacBeth_. The three ways are three witches created and added more ambition in Macbeth

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    by ambition and power Macbeth is driven to madness by fierce ambition and power‚ resulting in a fall from grace in Shakespeare’s shortest tragedies‚ Macbeth. Macbeth’s long journey towards possessing the throne travels through many high hurdles. With most of them resulting in murder and despair. The first hurdle‚ which is a sign for further hurdles‚ is the murder of Duncan the king. The build-up to the killing of Duncan begins with the witches prophesying that Macbeth will be king. Macbeth wants

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    something. This desire is ambition. People will go to far extents to fulfill their desires. There are different types of ambition though. Most of the time you want to be averagely ambitious‚ but there are times when people can be overly or unambitious. In the story of Macbeth‚ you can see all of the types of ambition whether it be good‚ or bad. In Macbeth‚ the most notably over ambitious character is Macbeth. From the beginning we are able to see that he has more ambition than the average person‚

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    O’Brien | Macbeth | The Consequences of Ambition | | Sao Mir | April‚ 16 2012 | Vaulting ambition‚ which o’erleaps itselfAnd falls on th’ other. | One of the primary forces in Shakespeare’s most compact and sublime tragedy‚ Macbeth is the drive of reckless ambition in the title character and the consequences that follow such impactful‚ unchecked emotions. This is expressed very transparently in Macbeth’s character. It is known from the very beginning that Macbeth is highly ambitious

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    Representations of ambition within Macbeth Within Macbeth‚ there are numerous representations of human values and conflicts‚ including duty vs. desire‚ the effects of a guilty conscience on the human journey and the differences between genders‚ and the superiority of men within the play‚ and the modern era. The value foregrounded throughout this text is the representations of ambition within the play Macbeth‚ and we will be focusing on the protagonist of the story‚ ironically named Macbeth. The effect

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