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    MY AMBITION

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    MY AMBITION INTRODUCTION ‘Life without ambition is like a ship without rudder’ Different people have different ambitions. Some want to be rich. Some wish to become leaders to gain honour. Some desire to be great scientists. There are others who are mainly led by a spirit of adventure. Dreaming about touring the world‚ desiring to be a celebrity‚ wanting to be a teacher my goals varied. But all these were short lived. DETERMINING MY AMBITION ‘Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings

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    Ambition of Macbeth

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    Ambition “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down‚ or else o’erleap‚ For in my way it lies. Stars‚ hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears‚ when it is done‚ to see.” During Act 1 Scene 4‚ Macbeth describes his ambition as “black and deep desires.” He expresses the terrible desires that come across his mind. Macbeth is so caught up in his ambition‚ where he is willing to do anything that

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    My Ambition

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    Ambition is the desire for a personal achievement.Ambition has always taken an important part in people daily life because everybody want to achieve his goals in his life.However the point at issue is ambition is it positive or not ?In the following paragraphs we are going to expose the positive and negative aspects of this issue On the one hand ‚ if the ambition represents a sort of " motor" it can be very interesting because when you do omething which is very hard ‚ it’s always more easier to

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    left after my sister’s explanation: my tooth had been ready to be extracted‚ while my friend’s had not.  “I’m going to be a dentist‚” I declared. I wanted to follow in the professional footsteps of my sister and my uncle. My sister supported my ambition‚ honoring my interest in her profession even when I was young.  I didn’t need to visit my sister’s clinic as a child because I had few cavities. As I entered elementary school and began eating more candy‚ however‚ I visited more often. I didn’t

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    my ambition

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    Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali actually ‚ i wanted to become a doc. since i was 4 years old.my grandfather was a landlord. i always used to ask him `when i become a doc. will u give me some of your land to construct my clinic?` he used to smile and say`why not dear.` then i would say `grandpa then i will certainly treat you after i become a doc. and i will not charge you a single penny` and he used to enjoy this childish talk with me.however i and my grandpa

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    Beowulf

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    RE Beowulf Beowulf is the oldest epic poem in the English language. It was written in Old English‚ the language of the Saxons. In the 19th century the poem began to be called by the name of its Scandinavian hero. Historical elements run through the poem‚ but both the hero and the story are fiction. The poem was composed between the 8th and the 11th centuries. The text exists in only one manuscript which dates from about the year 1000. The manuscript was burned in 1731. Kevin S. Kiernan

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    Hoard-Guardian Beowulf is an epic poem written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon. In Beowulf the dragon is a very powerful character because he can represent both good and evil. It depends on the perspective you look at him in. He ’s either standing for his culture and his dead race‚ or terrifying all the Geat people. The dragon represents protection‚ fierce‚ anger‚ fire‚ and past culture. Whenever the dragon appears in Beowulf‚ it stands for terror‚ anger‚ fear‚ and culture of his people. In Beowulf‚ the dragon

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    case of the sea monsters‚ that Beowulf slayed in his swimming match with Breca‚ is their motivation the same as what fuels Grendel and his mother ’s hatred? This idea of evil could present a foreshadow of malice and scorn‚ both of which play parts in the poem‚ Beowulf. Racing through the waters‚ neck and neck are Beowulf and Breca. A hostile creature lies below awaiting a human appetizer. He roars and shoots out of the crest of the wave to make a snap at Beowulf. Beowulf turns and strikes at the hideous

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    age is capable of elucidating it. In Seamus Heaney’s narration of BeowulfBeowulf commences his heroic journey as a young‚ ignorant warrior‚ and as he grows in both age and experience‚ he gains wisdom and realizes that he is not the immortal warrior he once believed he was. Beowulf’s journey begins when he is implored by the Geats to defeat the monster Grendel. In order to “heighten Hyeglac’s fame and gladden his heart” Beowulf decides to forsake the use of weapon and shield in his battle with

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    Ambition in Macbeth

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    Ambition in Macbeth In Macbeth‚ a play set in Scotland‚ William Shakespeare wrote a tragedy of a man’s ambition. In the play‚ Macbeth is described as a man who has ambitions of becoming king. After the first part of the prophecy by the witches whom he has met returning from battle comes true‚ he begins to think the second part may also come true‚ “supernatural soliciting cannot be ill‚ cannot be good.” The witches have predicted that Macbeth would first become Thane of

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