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    My Ambition in Life

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    kids on my ambition in life by Manish on August 8‚ 2011 in Example Essays A person without any ambition in life is like a ship without a rudder he no destination. He does not have any urge to make a start. He reaches now’ He is tossed about like a straw in the wind. He achieves nothing in life. So everyone should have an ambition in life but simply having it is not enough. Whatever be the ambition‚ it must be backed up by contain efforts to achieve it. If a person sets an ambition before him‚

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    Ambition is usually seen as the primary tool to promote achievement. In the novel Frankenstein‚ there are three outstanding examples of people with ambitions‚ and each person achieves their goal in a different way. Mary Shelley uses the journeys of Robert Walton‚ Frankenstein‚ and the creature to warn against ambition for the purposes of self-gratification‚ as they ultimately lead to the detriment of the lives of others. In his letters to his sister‚ Walton is clearly aware that his ambition travel

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    Joseph Conrad grew up in the Polish Ukraine‚ Polish Ukraine is a huge‚ fertile plain between the counties of Poland and Russia. Polish Ukrainewas a divided nation‚ that held four languages‚ four religions‚ and various of different social classes. Many of the families inethis area were Polish-speaking inhabitants‚ including Conrad ’s family. They belonged to the szlachta‚ a hereditary class in the aristocracy on the social hierarchy‚ combining qualities of gentry and nobility. Despite the areas poor

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    Ambition Before I could really start to write about ambition‚ I had to ask myself what ambition really was. What causes people to be ambitious‚ and what are the advantages and disadvantages of being an ambitious person? At first‚ I must admit it was fairly difficult to comprehend. But I found it to all come together when I relates it to another kind of person or group of people – dreamers. When I think of ambitious people I think of dreamers. These are the people with hopes of one day

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    Macbeth Ambition Essay

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    Ambition Par Chanel Pfahl Présenté à Mme Bertrand EAE3U École secondaire publique Louis-Riel Le mercredi 6 janvier 2010 The determination to achieve and ambition are keys to a successful life. However‚ one of Shakespeare’s major themes in his play Macbeth is too much ambition ultimately brings ruin. When ambition goes unchecked‚ there is corruption of natural order. This theme of ambition can best be explained by analyzing the motives of Lady Macbeth‚ the witches‚ as well as Macbeth.

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    Joseph Conrad: An Innovator in British Literature Joseph Conrad ’s innovative literature is influenced by his experiences in traveling to foreign countries around the world. Conrad ’s literature consists of the various styles of techniques he uses to display his well-recognized work as British literature. "His prose style‚ varying from eloquently sensuous to bare and astringent‚ keeps the reader in constant touch with a mature‚ truth-seeking‚ creative mind" (Hutchinson 1). Conrad ’s novels

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    Lady Macbeth’s uncontrolled ambition takes a turn for the worse on Macbeth‚ as she pressures him to murder the king. However‚ it all started from the witches’ prophecies that put the thought through Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s head that Macbeth could potentially become the next king. This thought expanded Lady Macbeth’s gender giving her freakish manly ambition triggering her to take over her husband. It is through Macbeth’s destiny‚ Lady Macbeth’s uncontrolled ambitions‚ and the influence of power

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    Daina Joseph   Topic : Cyber Bullying   INTODUCTION Attention Getter: Cyber Bullying victims are 2 out of 9 times more likely to consider committing suicide. Cyber Bullying caused the death of a 13 year old girl named Megan Meier.   Purpose: To inform my audience about Cyber Bullying.   Importance to Audience: Cyber Bullying Happens every day and can cause others to lead to suicidal thoughts. You can gain something from this speech by being informed on how to stop Cyber Bullying or prevent it from

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    Theme of Ambition in Macbeth Through the use of characterization‚ setting‚ and plot development‚ the theme of ambition is obvious seen throughout the play Macbeth. The mail theme of Macbeth the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints find its most powerful expression the play’s to main characters. The setting of the beginning of the story is in Scotland. The setting is set in Scotland because it is a physical setting because there is a castle and that is basically

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    the Thane of Cawdor died and he could become king. The Thane of Glamis develops an ambition to be king and kills Duncan‚ who is already the king. Killing Duncan drives Macbeth insane‚ and eventually‚ he loses all feelings towards life or death and goes numb. Since Macbeth’s ambition is to become king he is willing to do anything‚ but because of this‚ he begins to go psychotic by the end of the play. Macbeth’s ambition to be king controls his actions and emotions. Lady Macbeth seizes her opportunity

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