What is ambition? Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something. It differs from man to man. Most of die people want to become rich; many want to be powerful; others have certain goals in their life to achieve.…
"Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” Said the American essayist, lecturer, and poet; Ralph Emerson. (32 Brilliant Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson). Every one of us have our own ambition. Some have good ambition while some have bad ambition, but both need continuous work to achieve it. Ambition is defined as an eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. (ambition). To me, ambition is something that makes us work hard with a strong will power to achieve anything no matter what the obstacles are. One cannot achieve anything if they just daydream and do nothing about it. Let’s choose senior year in high school for an example. Majority of students plan to apply, then attend college to have a career and good job. Now picture all the paper work and stress you go through not only for the applications and waiting, but applying for scholarships and keeping up with your grades the whole time. Many students to it. They find the ability and ambition…
Ambition is the desire to achieve something for example the determination to achieve success. Ambition can clearly be seen as a corrupting force in the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. Macbeth is a brave and loyal Thane of King Duncan but after a chance meeting with the Three Witches becomes cruel and develops and insatiable thirst for power. On the other hand in the film ‘Gattaca’ directed by Andrew Niccol ambition is a chance for the main character Vincent to develop and overcome barriers in the way of his life goal.…
What is ambition? Ambition is a strong desire to do something and requires hard work and determination. Do people need ambition to be successful? Many people believe they do need ambition to be successful. Ambition is a beneficial force that helps people strive to do their best.…
Ambition is not so much the desire to achieve, but the action or method of getting to that desire, without the action it is merely a dream. When an individual speaks about ambition there is a straight idea of positivity embedded into it. Carol Anne Duffy’s education for leisure and Shakespeare’s Macbeth both have a very strong link to ambition and power, but they are by no means positive ambitions. In this essay I am going to analyse and compare the two piece of text.…
There comes a point in every persons life where they have the desire to do, or achieve something. This desire is ambition. People will go to far extents to fulfill their desires. There are different types of ambition though. Most of the time you want to be averagely ambitious, but there are times when people can be overly or unambitious. In the story of Macbeth, you can see all of the types of ambition whether it be good, or bad.…
Ambition is what drives you to do what you need to do to get something done.…
Although there may be some benefits, there are also several risks to ambition. One of the risks of ambition is the decline of good health and social life. One good example would be when Victor Frankenstein put everything aside and only focused on his creation of a living being (Shelly 35 #18). Victor was so focused on making a living thing that he forgot about himself and others. Ambition can lead to good and/or bad things in one’s life but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.…
Ambition is the strong desire to achieve a goal. It is often the driving force in one's life. However, individuals can be blinded by great ambition. This idea of the impact of ambition is often explored in literature. In the play, Macbeth, the playwright William Shakespeare suggests that one's ambitions can hinder one's life as well as the individuals around him or her.…
Ambition is the desire and determination to achieve success through hard work and dedication. The things I want to achieve in life will require my best effort and work ethic.…
Ambition, it is what alters something’s condition, creates change, and history. Ambition can be seen all through history, from Abraham Lincoln, to modern people; it occurs when somebody has a desire for something and furthermore tries and achieves that desire. Ambition can end both positively and negatively depending on the intentions of a mind, if one is trying to cause harm then it will be negative, but if they are doing something for a good reason, then that will be positive. But we also have situations where the intentions were good but ended up resulting badly anyways. For example, somebody may be ambitious to help the poor by creating more government plans that can help give shelter and food to the unfortunate, but instead it causes…
What about your determination and hardwork? When I hear the word ambition, I automatically think of power and independence for an individual. According to the dictionary the meaning is, “a strong desire to do or achieve something.” Based on the definition, we can imply that being ambitious is to be successful by creating goals for oneself. The latin-french origin word “ ambire” means “to go around” which relates to making goals in life for the future.…
Ambition is a good thing but in small amounts. If a person has too much ambition it can create problems. This is seen in the life of Macbeth and it can also be seen in the lives of individuals.…
Thomas Zimmerman Mrs. Simpson English 10H P.3 9 February, 2018 Following Ambition’s Path Ambition. When used by most humans, it can lead to dynamic or destructive outcomes, yet nobody really knows where it comes from. This brings up two very important questions: ¨Where does ambition come from, and what is its purpose?¨ In modern day life, these questions can be answered effortlessly.…
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 a business course at the State University … for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East, where he was bothered by his scanty funds,” (Ch. 2). Dexter doesn’t want to be fully dependent on his father throughout his life. He wants to achieve success on his own with no help from others. Dexter wants to be able to give himself the best things in life. Being an independent, self-driven person makes Dexter stand out from the other boys at his college. Those boys are reckless with their money because it is actually their parents’ money. So, Dexter borrowed a thousand dollars and bought partnership in a laundry. “Before he was twenty-seven he owned the largest string of laundries in his section of the country,” (Ch. 2). Dexter has the mind-set to go and get what he wants out of life. He is smart with the way he spends his money, and he has already surpassed most of the men at his age. He has achieved his goal of being able to take care of himself and in achieving a better future for himself. Dexter has strived to get to a higher class in society in order to have a chance with Judy Jones. Since the first time he saw Judy Jones, he has wanted to be with her. A man named Devlin, from Detroit, came to visit Dexter for business, but they end up talking about how Judy’s life has turned out. She is married and her beauty is starting to fade. “The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him,” (Ch. 6) Dexter’s life was solely driven by his love for the young, beautiful Judy Jones. His constant chase for Judy made him want to be more in life, in order for her to consider being in a relationship with him.…