There is a defined relationship between manipulation and ambition in this play. ... The devised plan by Lady Macbeth further shows her great ambition to become Queen of Scotland. ... This intense and unwavering ambition of what might be to come forces her to place whatever values, morals and good judgment on hold, however it is also her blind ambition that leads to her fast approaching downfall. ... By dying by her own hand she is paying the greatest cost for the consequences of her actions. ... This change creates a sense of sympathy in the eyes of the reader; and consequently it is her acti...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After Macbeth's initial encounter with the "weird sisters", we realize that his physical courage is complemented by a consuming ambition. ... Through the author's use of characterization, Macbeth is shown spiraling into paranoia and fear, induced by his ambition, "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition". ... Although Macbeth wanted to become king, he respected King Duncan, and did not have the willpower and strength of mind to break his own moral code. ... With her mental strength and ambition, she plays on Macbeth's sense...

• Word Count: 882
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it.... I'll soon be there, soon embrace my own, the great growing family of our dead my arrival may be dear to father, dear to you, my mother, dear to you, my loving brother, Eteocles" (Antigone, 978-988) Under the worst circumstances-her mother is dead, her father is gone, her two brothers killed themselves, she is openly reviled by a tyrant and about to be executed-Antigone is still unwavering in her dedication to honor her brothers and to serve the dead. ...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate