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Shakespeare: Macbeth

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Mar 13, 2020 | 1.1 Written Texts, 1.5 Formal Writing, 1.8 Significant Connections, Reading, Shakespeare

Our first text in our study of Dire Ambition is William Skakespeare’s “Macbeth”. One of the world’s most famous studies of the corrupting effects of ambition and power.

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Dire Ambition: Course Outline

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I am in blood / Stepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er.

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1.8: Significant Connections

1.8: Significant Connections

1.8 Significant Connections, Reading

This task is an extension of our investigation into the nature of ambition. This is an opportunity to explore how unifying elements are employed across different texts by different authors that lead you to deeper insight into this very human drive.

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