Essays on Ambitions

Bryant McGill had said, ‘Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy. ’ My ambition is to include the name of my family business in the top 100 Financial Companies of the world. I have always dreamt to see my name amongst internationally acclaimed…

Ambition: a path to success or failure? William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, is a play about a general from the King’s army whose ambition leads him to usurp the throne. Macbeth’s initial lie perpetuates him to commit numerous murders to ensure that the heir to the throne is still within his reach. The play highlights a…

Lady Macbeth is not evil she is just ambitious.The meaning of ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most renowned and horrific feminine roles. When we first find her, she equals already plotting Duncan’’s execution, and she is stronger,…

Eliza Haywood’s “Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze” explores a woman’s intrigue with love, extramarital affairs, and sexual fulfillment through the use of deception. The protagonist is hesitant to reveal her true self, fearing the consequences it may have on her actual identity. The title itself gives insight into the narrative’s focus. In the 18th…

Throughout Winter Dreams, F. Scott Fitzgerald develops the theme of ambition through the main character Dexter Green’s desire to achieve more in life. Dexter is going to college and his father offered to pay his way through a state college. Except Dexter’s dreams had other plans, “They persuaded Dexter several years later to pass up…

Ambition is eager or inordinate desire for honor and preferment. No aim can be achieved without having ambition. A man without ambition is like sky without stars and moon. Ambition is a driving force which leads us towards success. Ambition is the first step to achieve something. The stronger the ambition is, the greater will…

William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ and James McTeigue’s movie ‘V for Vendetta’ explore the conditions which lead to one’s demise. Macbeth’s character is a kinsmen who kills the current king to become king. Furthermore, he continues to kill any being who may be a peril to his crown, but loses control of himself and becomes so…

Since ancient times in history it has been seen that all human beings are in a constant struggle to move forward no matter what happens, in order to continue progressing and expanding. When talking about ambition and greed it has, or can be seen, from two points of view and two different perspectives. One negative…

From Federalists and Anti-federalists, to now Democrats and Republicans, politicians have been arguing over the roles of government and its involvement in American society for over 230 years. As originally defined by James Madison in “Federalist Paper #51”, government is a “reflection on human nature” set in place to counter individuals’ ambitions that would resort…

Man is essentially an ambitious and a competitive being. There has been no substantial change in man’s nature during the course of his evolution. He is still barbarian at heart, ready to kill another for his own survival or simply to prove his supremacy over the other, possibly a weaker person. His lust for power…