Ambition can be an amazing driving force that pushes you to accomplish your goals in life. However‚ it can also cause one’s downfall if they choose to ignore their conscience and let their strongest desires cloud their judgment. For instance‚ in the play Macbeth‚ Macbeth allowed his thirst for power to get in the way of his morality. He had given into his wife’s tempting words and betrayed those who trusted him‚ those who loved and valued his bravery and friendship. However‚ Macbeth had done this
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Name: Period Federalist Papers Questions Directions: 1. Based off your reading of the Federalist Papers 1‚ 10‚ 51‚ 70‚ 78‚ and 85 answer the following questions below on a separate sheet of paper. 2. Responses will have the proper heading and typed in 10 or 12 Times New Roman with 1 inch margins. 3. This will be your cover sheet answers must be in complete and coherent statements and attached to this paper. 4. Go to the following website in order to read the selected Federalist papers from
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The Boy’s Ambition In the sleepy town of Hannibal‚ Missouri things are simple and easy. In the mornings things are quite and people are dozing off‚ but when the steamboats arrive at the wharf things become very hectic. Mornings in Hannibal are quite and sleepy‚ the streets are empty; people are still sleeping or are in their homes. Store clerks are napping against their store fronts. Wooden flats against the edge of the wharf‚ the water from the Mississippi softly crashing upon the town’s edge
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play Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the reasoning of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is completely subverted and undermined by their insatiable ambition. Macbeth was at first reasonable enough to keep his ambition in check‚ however it eventually became to strong for even Macbeth and therefor over powered him. To the contrary‚ Lady Macbeth was overcome by her ambition from the very beginning. Reasoning was abandoned after the decision to kill Duncan was made. At that point we see no serious questioning of
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that lies in conscientious work.” (Coolidge) One of the reasons for his ambition was to impress his father. He wanted to become a proud man like his father was‚ and this was the fuel that lead him to the presidency. I don’t believe I possess ambition in the same way he did‚ but my ambition lies on proving to my family that I can become something great. I don’t want to outdo my family‚ but I guess I want them to be proud of my own successes. I want to prove to them that‚ yes‚ I went to college‚ yes
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tale of a noble man who slowly loses himself transforming into a traitor and tyrant whose hands “[can all the] water in the ocean wash this blood from my hands“ for the deeds he has done are unforgivable. He’s led on by influences from the three weird witches who tell him predictions‚ his own wife full of greed for more‚ and simply his own ambitions which drive him into a world full of corruption and pain. Macbeth after experiencing the witch’s prophecies has begun to change and advance through to
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Seeking for someone else to do it could have taken months or years in that era. Beowulf had the ambition and mindset to defeat evil and save lives. Plus Hrothgar had seeked help from great people and the news spread from sea to sea and no one except Beowulf he had the hands to stop this. If Beowulf did not step up‚ no one else would have‚ so why should
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The Lessons Learned in My Career and My future Aspirations In last several decades‚ people can see constantly development of technology. This has affected a lot of aspects of society such as education‚ defence‚ industry and so on‚ especially in economy. The development of economy goes a long side with the development of technology that create a number of jobs for people. In other words‚ nowadays‚ people have a lot of choices to choose a job for them. Although many people want to work in financial
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precision‚ and persuasiveness. Finally the most Important reason why becoming a lawyer is of importance to me is mainly because my grandfather was also a lawyer and I look up to him he had a nice car big house and had tons of money and I look up to him as a person since I was little and I told him I was be a lawyer just like him. Many people enter college with their futures already situated in their minds. Their dreams and aspirations are already in place‚ set for them months or years prior to settling
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Death at the Hands of Witches‚ Taunts‚ and Ambition John F. Kennedy‚ Indira Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Julius Caesar‚ Mahatma Gandhi… Besides this list being full of leaders‚ what do they all have in common? All of these people were in positions of power when they were assassinated. Like these leaders‚ King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ is assassinated. However‚ unlike most of these assassinated leaders‚ the public is able to see into the mind and plans of the
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