The outcome of Macbeth's fate was not determined by destiny, but by that of his own free will. ... The element which further pushes a person from chance is ambition. ... Ambition can therefore only be ultimately achieved when one takes matters into their own hands and begins to act on impulse. ... Macbeth's ambition soon became turned and knotted with jealousy and rage. ... Ambition will put ideas in a persons head, but the own free will of the individual will be the thing that will carry out those deeds, whether they be for better, or for worse. ...

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I tried my best to attain my ambitions by studying hard and spending most of my time doing school work, but I unfortunately ended up with a "B". ... I believe in trying my best at everything I do in order to fulfill my objectives for my own good. ... Also, I believe each person should have respect for themselves and to trust themselves in what they do to reach their ambitions. ... In addition to self-respect, I also take pride of my own individuality. ... Each person has their own unique qualities and their own personal thoughts and judgments. ...

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Macbeth's id represents his actions toward other individuals in the play to satisfy his pleasure urge to be king, while his ego represents his ambitions of becoming a king and how he intends to fulfill his hidden desire. ... With no pity to give the innocent individuals he shall approach the opportunity and act immediately without considering if it will do good or bad to his own existence. ... Macbeth's ambitions and desires that are controlled by the id cannot be completely met without the help of his ego. ... Macbeth's superego appears whenever he utters his own thoughts after...

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The play tells the story of Macbeth, Thane of Glamis whose dark ambition will lead him to murder the king and take his crown. ... As far as reality is concerned in this extract, the dagger Macbeth sees is an illusion which becomes then a stage reality when he draws out his own dagger: "I see thee yet, in form as palpable as this which I now draw"" (l.40-41). ... His dark ambition and his greed for power, being his worst enemies, made him turn into a disorder figure. ... He is torn between fulfilling his dark ambitions of becoming king and being a good man with an honourable conscience. ...

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Wollstonecraft did not believe a woman should center her life on her husband, for she said that women who act in such a way will "fade", having lived their vane ambition for a short time, rendering the rest of their lives meaningless and pointless. ... Many women of the time created their own weaknesses by succumbing to every compliment a man gave them, thus contributing to their inferior position in society. ...

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It is even harder to make that mind your own. ... Plato was a student of Socrates and though the writing of "Allegory of the Cave" is all his own the basis for his ideas came from none other than his own teacher. ... In Plato's model, the teacher questions the actions or ideas of the student so that the student will learn to think on their own. ... This life is the only one that degrades the grandeur of political ambition. ... People cannot become great on their own, they must have educators, people to point them in the right direction. ...

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In other words, Macbeth fears that, by committing such a crime, he will act against his own moral, against his own nature; he will become a traitor who will be pursuit and eternally condemned. Still, regardless of those fears and moved by evil ambition, he kills Duncan and, as a consequence, his fears grow stronger inside of him for most of the play. ... It is true that ambition can move anyone to act against his/her deepest values. ...

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"When Dogs Cry" is your classical inspirational story about an un-achiever coming out on top. Written by award winning author Markus Zusak as a follow up to his previous successes "The Underdog" and "Fighting Ruben Wolfe". Markus was born in Sydney, Australia in 1975. He began his journey into t...

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Flaws are found in everyone's personality, however, as people mature and grow older, they tend to eliminate the defects in their own characters. ... Macbeth's change in character can be attributed to his own ambition, his wife's domination and persistence, or even the influence of the witches. ... He becomes a trapped victim of his own actions. ... However, no matter how great the persuasion and temptation, the main cause for his actions is his own greedy ambition. ... As a result, Macbeth's greatest enemy is not Macduff, Banquo or the three witches, but his own imaginati...

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Through observing and evaluating three of my own dreams, I have found these dreams as places where I am provided with comfort and situations that satisfy some of my deepest ambitions and fulfill my wishes. ...

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Musing on the futility of his actions, Hamlet, who still has to avenge the death of his father and his mother's dishonoring, reproaches his own inactivity. ... It is the experience of seeing the great army that Fortinbras commands that causes Hamlet to realize his own inactivity. ... Witness this army of such mass and charge Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit and divine ambition puff"d Makes mouths at the invisible event (4.4.47-50) Hamlet admires Fortinbras for being able to lead this many men into a situation which not one of the many can predict what will happe...

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Rather than take his own life, Hamlet's apprehensions about the afterlife coerce him to endure his existential crisis. ... He sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two close friends of Hamlet, to account "which dreams indeed are [his] ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream" (2.2.257-59). ... The actions of others around Hamlet facilitate this crisis, but ultimately, Hamlet leads himself to his own madness. ... In conclusion, Hamlet's fear of death is what keeps him from taking his own life. ...

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Johnson's subject had to separate himself from his prominent family in order to be his own man, or "hang or drown at last," which symbolizes a freedom to live of die as he wishes. When Johnson uses the word "guardian" in line 25 he is referring to his own childhood but not to his parents. ... Johnson not only uses "A Short Song of Congratulation" as praise to another, but also as an escape from his own reality through another persons actions and similar triumphs. ... He writes, "It is true that the first 342 of the 368 lines of the poem recount in depressing detail the failure to insure h...

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"Lady Macbeth is often regarded as the epitome of evil. Do you have any sympathy for her, or do you regard her as an inhuman figure?- We are introduced to Lady Macbeth with her reading a letter sent by her husband, telling her of the witches' prophecies. It is the first time the audience sees La...

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A good writer has the ambition and the quality of the insight presented like adequate, perhaps safe or standard, frequently thoughtful or innovation and even striking. ... I had to read many books and google for few topics, understanding the topic and writing them down in my own words. ...

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