to a devastating finish in the matter of seconds. Everyone with ambition can live the American dream. People originate from third world countries to generate business in America. Many can live in poverty their whole life‚ but turn their lives around and become wealthy. Pursuing after his American Dream force Jay Gatsby in “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald to go against his morals just to prosper. Gatsby ends up morally corrupted and dead as he pursuits his dreams of becoming wealthy and winning
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What is ambition? Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something. It differs from man to man. Most of die people want to become rich; many want to be powerful; others have certain goals in their life to achieve. However‚ majority of them are after wealth to become the richest in the world. I too have an ambition. But their ends all the similarities. Unlike die others‚ I am not after wealth or influence or power or material gains or anything of that sort. This is it: I want to become a Pilot Officer
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"Ambition is the last refuge of failure." Ambition is the desire for personal achievement. It provides the motivation and determination necessary to achieve a particular end or condition. Ambitious people are characterized by their strong desire for attainment‚ power‚ or superiority. also ambition can be defined as the desire‚ determination‚ and access the goal. Beginning of the ambition is the meaning of desire. Man ambition is generated has a desire to reach a particular goal. For example you
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Ambition is the desire to achieve something for example the determination to achieve success. Ambition can clearly be seen as a corrupting force in the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. Macbeth is a brave and loyal Thane of King Duncan but after a chance meeting with the Three Witches becomes cruel and develops and insatiable thirst for power. On the other hand in the film ‘Gattaca’ directed by Andrew Niccol ambition is a chance for the main character Vincent to develop and overcome barriers
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Ambition: The Rise and Decline in Macbeth Many people‚ both young and old‚ strive to rise higher in their caste system. Many teenagers aspire to go to college‚ and many working people aspire to be promoted. Ambitions drive these individuals to reach their goals. Ambition drives an individual to reach their goals with a powerful force‚ but ambition can also cause the demise of the individual. In Shakespeare’s renaissance play‚ Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare uses the character Macbeth to show case
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“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oftentimes‚ people set goals for themselves to accomplish. This goals creates great desire and ambition which fuels all actions. However‚ when the ambition in question becomes the individual’s sole focus‚ the outcomes can be negative‚ both for the individual‚ as well as for surrounding parties. The excessive ambition and desire of characters in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ led to their downfall
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because they fear of what would happen to them if they were indeed‚ powerless. This notorious human characteristic is fully explored in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ a story of the destructive consequences a deep ambition for power can lead to. Macbeth’s paranoid sense of ambition‚ and the prodding from his “partner in greatness”‚ blind him from appreciating his more than exceptional life; apparently‚ a promotion from the king‚ a loving wife‚ and nobility status were not enough to quench Macbeth’s
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Scotland. Driven by ambition‚ Macbeth puts his faith in the words of the three witches‚ and Lady Macbeth‚ who is certainly a key instrument in Macbeth’s ambition to becoming King. In the course of the play‚ Lady Macbeth is however responsible only to a certain extent for Macbeth’s destruction. It is his ambition‚ the prophecies of the three witches‚ and also his misplaced confidence in his invulnerability that causes his decline. By succumbing to committing evil acts to achieve his ambition‚ Macbeth destroys
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Everybody has an aim in life. Aim or ambition is the inner desire of man. No man can do anything in the world if his aim is not fixed. So‚ all of us should be very clear about our aim in life. We may face many difficulties in reaching our desired target‚ but we have to go ahead at any cost. Ambitiousness is a dynamic make. Desire is your psychical susceptibleness to apply your knowledge‚ surround‚ relationships‚ and personality to accomplish happiness. What is felicity? Compartment that can only
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What is ambition? Ambition is described as eager for success‚ power or fame. For Macbeth. Ambition was what drove him to become great‚ it forced him to change his nature towards evil. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth was portrayed as a courageous soldier who fought for his King without mercy. But once the witches planted the seeds of greater things and Lady Macbeth fuelled his ambition‚ which lead him to become greedy and power hungry. Macbeth was led down to an unescapable road of doom by
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