Ambition Essay

For all we know Caesar could have been a great ruler or he could have gotten a heart attack and died by himself but all these are just ways it could've ended and we will never really know how it would have turned out. Also Brutus speaks of Caesar ambition being such a problem but yet Antony in his speech gives events when Caesar wasn’t ambitious. He states, “ He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? WHen that the…

“The concept of ambition, however, is trickier than it appears and demands closer ethical examination. Aristotle expatiates on the topic of ambition, or love of honor, a number of times in Nicomachean Ethics. Ambition is a labile concept, which…” is an aspiration to achieve success (Associated University Presses). Macbeth thought he deserved to be king and didn't need…

Why is it important to prepare a plan? I guess that would depend on what type of plan is needed. Imagine a house built without a house plan, or attempting to put together a cabinet without a set of directions. The end results would be disastrous and likely not usable. The same applies to a career plan. Without one in place, it is more difficult to reach goals or fulfill dreams. With a career plan in place, there are strategic steps put in place that must be followed in order to attain…

as Macbeth himself, his wife, Lady Macbeth, and the king of Scotland, King Duncan. All three of these characters have one thing in common besides the fact that all three end the play in the grave. Shakespeare presents that the foundation of blind ambition is rooted in confidence; as seen in Lady Macbeth’s control over the assassination, King Duncans blind trust in people, and Macbeth’s submission to the witches. Lady Macbeth has one of the biggest impacts with her downfall. At the beginning of…

Ambitions, dreams and why I think pharmacy is the best career for me. Pharmacy is an interesting, highly trusted and ever changing profession that plays a vital part in the health care system. The main purpose of this profession is to improve an individual 's quality of life. In order to prepare for such a lifelong commitment to society, I need to have a degree as a doctor of pharmacy. During my undergraduate studies my main goal was to succeed in my course work and eventually transfer into…

goal. Without those fantasies fixated in their heads, people would be purposeless and so would life. Though in able to achieve these dreams, they need as much help as they can get: advice, judgement and aid. Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is about how ambition and dreams brings people together. George and Lennie try to achieve the ranch together, later on Candy takes part in the plan and befriends the two. And for last, Curley’s wife confides in Lennie about her dreams when she was young. John…

“How could one man go from a valiant warrior to an ambitious killer?” Macbeth is a tale of a Scottish warrior who through ambition and greed allows himself to be persuaded into killing his own king. Written by William Shakespeare in 1606 and published in 1606, Macbeth is a tragedy set in the middle ages of Scotland. It was originally written for King James of England, since he was said to have been related to the stoic character Banquo. The play follows the tale of Macbeth, a warrior who…

Throughout the events in Shakespeare's Hamlet Claudius’ hand has worked its way throughout Elsinore, deceiving its inhabitants for his own greedy ambitions. In his attempts to further himself he has remained directly responsible for death of Old Hamlet and all the events which unfold during the duration of the play. Claudius’ manipulative grasp encompassed Denmark and sent the castle into a spiraling descent of madness and utter chaos. Money, power, and love, Claudius desired these things so…

“Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our / wills are gardeners,” spoken by Iago to Roderigo, reveals how Iago views life and the ambitions an individual has (1.3.362-363). Iago may see everyone as a separate garden and while people are tending to their own garden, someone can distract them and destroy their garden. Iago continues, “either to have it sterile with idleness or / manured…

“Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller Ambition scours free in America. During the 1950’s, the reputation of the American people became reliant on strength and determination to procure dreams. Arthur Miller’s book, “Death of a Salesman”, shrouded the contemptuous nature of a family living their dreams, revealing the truth and phenomena behind the cloaked society, where everyone is xerox copies of each other. Coming home every day from work, Willy Loman, in the comfort of his wife Linda, does…