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    Throughout Winter Dreams‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald develops the theme of ambition through the main character Dexter Green’s desire to achieve more in life. Dexter is going to college and his father offered to pay his way through a state college. Except Dexter’s dreams had other plans‚ “They persuaded Dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the State University … for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East‚ where he was bothered by his scanty

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    Influence and Manipulation on Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth; Many people throughout the play attempt to manipulate others in order to fit their own needs and desires. prime example of this is with Lady Macbeth. She uses her influence with her husband to convince to murder King Duncan. A second‚ and major‚ example of manipulation in Macbeth is with the three witches. They give the prophecy to Macbeth‚ knowing that he and his wife will plan to murder King Duncan in order to fulfill it

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    Lady Macbeth’s ambition and greed is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall. Do you agree? William Shakespeare’s tragic play ‘Macbeth’ depicts a tale of a honourable Thane and his unethical raise to sovereignty‚ to his untimely destruction and death. Lady Macbeth’s ambition and greed was instrumental in her husband‚ Macbeth’s moral downfall‚ however it was not the only factor that contributed to the outcome. Macbeth himself and the deception and manipulation presented to him by ‘wired sisters’ drove

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    Women in the Middle Ages: A Depiction of Craft and Ambition Throughout the works depicting the Arthurian Middle Ages‚ women are scarcely even mentioned. However‚ a few women managed to make it into the pages of history as written by Gildas‚ Nennius and Geoffrey of Monmouth and transcribed by Richard Loomis. These two women‚ specifically Renwein‚ the daughter of Hengist‚ and Culhwch’s stepmother the queen‚ are prime examples of how women in middle age stories were used to warn rulers of

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    Swaziland Industrial Development Policy -An Ambition Paper Submitted to the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) for development of SACU Industrial Policy Framework 1. INTRODUCTION The growth of the Swaziland economy is to a large extent dependant on the performance of the manufacturing sector which accounts for approximately more than 35 per cent percent of Gross Domestic Product. It is a commonly shared view that industrial development is an engine for economic growth and development. In

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    September 2016 Corrupted leadership Martin Luther King Jr. became an influential voice of the African American population due to his non-violent‚ peace driven protests against inequality. In the midst of a peaceful demonstration leaders deemed King a threat‚ placing him behind bars for parading without a permit. King defends himself against four clergymen portraying the peaceful demonstrations a burden to the public. King writes‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail” conveying corrupted leadership in America

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    born into wealth as her family was a noble dynasty in Rome and Germany. But most of her wealth grew with her two marriages. The combination of both her wealth connected through her father and her marriages gave Agrippina great social and political influence. The bloodline she was born into also resulted in her becoming highly educated in Rome’s affairs‚ military and politics. Unlike many other Imperial women she showed signs of diplomacy and caution in political matters. Her father‚ Germanicus had

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    perfectly encompasses this theme of beauty on the surface‚ but wicked deceit underneath the façade. She is the epitome of unfaithfulness and love for the material rather than the moral. Daisy uses her beauty as a way to control the people around her and influence their opinions about her and Tom Buchanan‚ her husband‚ and Jay Gatsby‚ her lover‚ who are just instruments in her ambidextrous plans. Essentially‚ she gets away with the accidental murder of her husband’s mistress‚ Myrtle‚ by hitting her with a

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    Honor over Ambition Throughout history the balance between honor and ambition has been tilted in one way or another. Someone’s ambition can get in the way of their honor and result in dishonorable actions and negative societal consequences. However sometimes a dishonorable act can be done for honorable reasons‚ for the greater good of society. This is the case in Marcus Brutus taking part in Julius Caesar’s murder‚ Oskar Schindler deceiving the Nazi‚ and Sir Nicholas Winton forging legal documents

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    life takes each person on unique individual paths that open or close doors that were never either given much attention or simply never seen as achievable. Countless people miss the opportunity in choosing a profession‚ perhaps never having a goal‚ ambition‚ or the desire to focus on a particular profession‚ wandering in life from one position to another‚ each never fulfilling their dream‚ or passion in life. I happen to be a firm believer that if one has a reason to do something and truly

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