Juan Resendez
Ms. M. Medellin
English IV/ 3rd Block
December 8, 2016
? The themes of excessive ambition are still, very common to our society now. Many people crave power, recognition, fame and money. Shakespeare did a good job with Macbeth, his story still applies to today's world, in which ambition is quite prevalent. There are many real-life figures and events that demonstrate extreme ambition or greed as seen in Macbeth. Greed and excessive ambition usually bring some successes and then followed by catastrophes.. Every single person on this earth has a little of ambition in them. Certain people will do whatever it takes including murder just like Macbeth. In the story of Macbeth, the main character which is Macbeth himself is full of
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Money laundering is another example of excessive ambition today. Money obtained from illegal sources needs to be "cleaned" before usage. The process of money laundering brings substantial benefits to criminals, terrorists and corrupt politicians, at the expense of others, such as the government, and the common people.Everyone has some ambition really deep in them. Society itself is full of ambition, we never know, people get murdered every day by silly things. The article states, “ Macbeth strives for greatness, and he is not characterized by concentrating solely on his own benefit.” What the quote is trying to explain is that people will do anything, like really anything, to fulfill their ambition. There was a article online that I read which said that a guys had been killed for a pair of sneakers, yes, a pair of sneakers. Because of this things, we humans doubt our existence. We humans can be really stupid sometimes, we do not see what the outcome on our actions can be, we just do it with no worries. All because the ambition or the motivation to do something so we can be either more powerful or better than someone can gain control of us sometimes. Your mind can control your whole body and sometimes we get blinded by our mind itself and it’s like it is not our body anymore, we can’t control it. I know every single person has a little of ambition in them, even myself. From trying to work a little of more hours to start saving for that brand new car you want, to being a murderer like Macbeth just for ambition of a better