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
Premium
Ambition Before I could really start to write about ambition‚ I had to ask myself what ambition really was. What causes people to be ambitious‚ and what are the advantages and disadvantages of being an ambitious person? At first‚ I must admit it was fairly difficult to comprehend. But I found it to all come together when I relates it to another kind of person or group of people dreamers. When I think of ambitious people I think of dreamers. These are the people with hopes of one day
Premium Mind Thought Question
My Greatest Ambition‚ Lurie. Story written in 1st person in voice of young(?) narrator. Tone shows a wry humour – adult reflecting on youth seems more likely. Language is straightforward and relies on variety rather than image creating. Sentences vary in length and create a sense of conversation. Humour of opening sentence implies adult looking back with affection. Memory as narrative tool: memory is always unreliable. Narrator counters this unreliability by frequent corrections and apologies
Premium Narrative Comics Comic strip
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
Premium Mississippi River The Edge Change
kids on my ambition in life by Manish on August 8‚ 2011 in Example Essays A person without any ambition in life is like a ship without a rudder he no destination. He does not have any urge to make a start. He reaches now’ He is tossed about like a straw in the wind. He achieves nothing in life. So everyone should have an ambition in life but simply having it is not enough. Whatever be the ambition‚ it must be backed up by contain efforts to achieve it. If a person sets an ambition before him‚
Premium Teacher Poverty Education
There is no man without an ambition in life. Some aspire to be rich‚ many hanker after name and fame and still others crave for power‚ position and social status in life. Honour and position do not last long. Fortune turns like a wheel. I have a strong desire to become a doctor and serve humanity. I do not want to become a teacher like my elder brother. A teacher’s lot is very hard. He is overworked but underpaid. He commands no respect in society. The so-called nation-builder cannot make both
Premium Physician Jesus Poverty
Ambition Par Chanel Pfahl Présenté à Mme Bertrand EAE3U École secondaire publique Louis-Riel Le mercredi 6 janvier 2010 The determination to achieve and ambition are keys to a successful life. However‚ one of Shakespeare’s major themes in his play Macbeth is too much ambition ultimately brings ruin. When ambition goes unchecked‚ there is corruption of natural order. This theme of ambition can best be explained by analyzing the motives of Lady Macbeth‚ the witches‚ as well as Macbeth.
Premium Macbeth
like a circle in the water‚ which never ceaseth to enlarge itself‚ till‚ by broad spreading it disperse to naught.” In other words the battles fought by men are followed by thousands of years legendary fame. The character Beowulf took his glory and ambition up to his death. The epic poem of ‚“Beowulf”‚ Unfortunately upon this date we have no trace who wrote it or when was Beowulf composed. The Anglo-Saxon people started the language of Old English but at this time there was no form of writing everything
Premium Beowulf Epic poetry English-language films
In Othello‚ written by Shakespeare‚ tells tale of how dreams and goals will affect an individual in their live. The influence of dream and goals are important to everyone‚ not just one person. It how far ones willing to go in order to met their goals or have their dreams comes true. Unlike dreams goals are what people aim for. That implies doing so out coming thing or putting someone’s life at risk. Due to jealously‚ when Cassico had the same goal as Iago and he ended up achieving his goal‚ iago
Premium William Shakespeare Othello Iago
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
Premium