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There is a fundamental ambition that all human beings possess inside of them. Certain levels of ambitions can give hope, which then provides the person with a more optimistic energy. However, once ambition begins to merge with greed, it may drive certain individuals to tragical extremes. This extreme situation describes the protagonists of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” who suffer through mental collapse and the death of their loved ones as a result of their…

How much ambition is too much ambition? When do begin to forget just where you came from and who you are? Ambition is a great thing; it helps you get the places you want in life. But once you start focusing too much on the future and what might happen, you forget to live for today. The character in “Prodigal” is that type of person, he wants to leave the small town and take over the world, and he wants to do anything he can. But he begins to lose himself and the people around him because of this…

Ambition is a term used to describe somebody’s desire to do or achieve something. It’s a goal or aspiration in life that drives us to get things done. Most of the time, an ambition requires hard work or determination, which gives us purpose to do something with our lives. But ambition can either become an obsession or a passion. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth desired the role of king, and in order to be the king, he needed to kill Duncan. His ambitions clouded his judgment, to the point where…

Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something that will require extreme diligence. Such trait is revealed through William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. William Shakespeare, the author of Macbeth, writes this tragic play patronage to King James who was also the King of England during this time. He did such by portraying his ancestor Banquo as a hero. In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth’s salient traits of pretension, obsession, and culpability to portray the theme that ambition…

When looking at the desire within humans that gives people the desire to achieve, the desire known as ambition, is ambition the ingredient that is necessary to completing the sweet recipe of success, or is it the drop of poison that causes the ill will of others when ingested? According to William Shakespeare’s tragedy of Macbeth, it appears that ambition can, in fact, be both. In the story of Macbeth, Macbeth is a Scottish general who served under the King Duncan, who ruled Scotland at the…

Ambition is a quality most people have trouble locating. Having ambition can often cloud judgement, impacting allegiances which can later affect self and others. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, every character has an ambition in order to have a role. Many suffer the consequences when they covet ambitious desires and fail to control that motivation. Lady Macbeth represents how her ambition impacts the judgement of her decisions, her loyalty towards her husband and King Duncan, and her…

The themes of greed and ambition are often common in classical English literature. Greed and ambition are very similar topics and commonly confused. Ambition is and I quote, earnest desired for something and greed is defined as the selfish desire for the very same thing. John Steinbeck treats these themes very well in his literature. Another author, Guy de Maupassant wrote a short passage called The Necklace which uses both themes with an ironic twist at the end. French author Guy de Maupassant…

Ambition is connotatively a positive characteristic— something that serves as a stepping stone towards success. However, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Victor Frankenstein, two characters filled with ambition, never attain the results they want. The characters both struggle with mental and emotional issues, deterring them from attaining their desired results. The novels Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…

Ambition is a key part of life. Everyone has at least a little inside them. It is a drive to go forward, take the extra step, be successful. But ambition has been seen as negative or bad by some people. This is a problem as ambition is all so important to humans. We need to differentiate between noble and blind ambition. Blind ambition is a darkness around your mind that clouds your mind of what is right and what is wrong. There is no regard for other people. Sam Griffiths, managing director…

What is ambition? Ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. Ambition can make someone very successful or a make someone lose it all. Ambition will make or break a person. Amy Winehouse was full of ambition. It was her ambition that made her famously known for her music. Unfortunately Amy let ambition get the best of her and overpower her life. It was her misuse of ambition that led to her death. Amy jade Winehouse was born…