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    him how he will become king just that he will somehow become one. This causes him to be filled with ambition. His ambition leads him to kill the current king to make himself king and never ceases to deteriorate throughout the majority of the play. This is until the final act when he realizes that all of his ambitions were for nothing. In Macbeth Shakespeare displays Macbeth's fatal flaw of ambition through the choices he made, these choices include killing the king, killing

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    hardworking people have ambition. Ambition is the desire to achieve success through determination. People with ambition sometimes commit crimes that they later regret in order to achieve their goal. This leads to guilt. Guilt is the bad feeling one has when one has done something wrong. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, ambition is the main cause of the story because Macbeth kills Duncan out of ambition and this murder leads to more heinous acts by Macbeth. Guilt is the result of ambition in the play.

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    In Shakespeare’s stage play Macbeth, a husband and wife are blinded by ambition which causes them to commit crimes to achieve power, but in the process they become unhappy and eventually died. Finally achieving their dream of power, did nothing for the couple except make them miserable and discontent with their lives. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s longing to be powerful figures made them engage in evil actions and directly led to their demise, revealing that in the ambitious pursuit of power a person

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    Throughout the play Macbeth there is a driving force that took a big role on the play and is changed Macbeth from a Noble warrior to a murderer. This ambition started right off the bat as soon after Macbeth encountered the witches .In (Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of literature “Macbeth”page N/A) It says how after the witches told Macbeth and Banquo the three prophecies. The second prophecy came true and Macbeth did become the Thane of cawdor and this made him believe that the third prophecy

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    Ambition In Frankenstein

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    Ambition is another factor that lead Victor to his demonic nature. He determines to challenge the limits of human knowledge, to go above and beyond natural law. Due to his irresponsibility and immediate rejection of his creation, results in the creature turning violent and murderous. Shelley warns us that ambition and thirst for knowledge can lead us down a dangerous path. In the letters of Walton, Victor is described as almost inhuman, and is attributed demon-like characteristics as ‘his eyes

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    Ambition In Macbeth

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    In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, ambition is an important influence to much of the plot, especially the title character’s ambition. The role of ambition is predominantly brought upon the three witches who reveal two facts and a prophecy about Macbeth upon their consultation with him and Banquo. Macbeth lacks any noteable intentions, however his desire to become king heightens when the witches foretell that he will be king. The witches’ predictions influence Macbeth’s aspirations because he had no

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    Ambition is a healthy driving force that of fuels great change and emboldens one’s far-off dreams to becoming reality, and contributes to the prosperity of all. Greed, on the other hand, is a gluttonous trait that narrows focus to the pursuit of a sole object, obscuring any other elements of consideration. By the same token, lust focuses simply on an exorbitant yearning for carnal pleasure. Ultimately, greed and lust emphasize reductive and detrimental qualities, while ambition is inclusive

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    Ambition In Macbeth

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    Duncan, “...we but teach bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to the plague of the inventor...as his host… not bear the knife myself...his virtues will plead like angels… I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition…” In this passage, Macbeth thinks about the phrase “what goes around comes around”, wants the king to keep on trusting him, worries that everyone in

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    Ambition In Macbeth

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    are influences on our life. Who help us strive for things in life. Good and bad things in life. And if we want it so bad and we try pure hardest to get that one thing we want in life it is called ambition. Ambition is a strange thing and I say this because if we have to much ambition we can be ambition crazy. And the perfect example of this is a play called The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Main charter Macbeth runs into witches in this field and they tell him a prophecy that’s supposed

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    Ambition In Hamlet

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    unified approach to dealing with family and work can increase the chances of displaying remarkable honour and ambition. On the other hand, integrating two complex aspects of an individual’s life can work against any progress within an individual’s want to meet ends with family obligation or political ambition. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the inevitable integration of family honour and political ambition work in benefit to Fortinbras’ and young Hamlet’s desire to avenge his father’s death. Within the fathers

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