It is the season of clear skies and blinding light. It is early afternoon there stands a single lonely traffic cone shaped peak of emissive silver and gunmetal grey schist, amongst the white, cotton swab sea of clouds. Silence. No gentle rustle of radiant trees, no piercing “hum” of doped insects tumbling through the sky, […]

I believe my understanding of the human quality, Ambition has developed after reading these three texts, Gattaca, Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection, Macbeth and Ozymandias. As mentioned below Macbeth is spurred on by nothing but Ambitions, all his actions are derived from his ambition.I have no spurTo prick the sides onlyVaulting ambition, which oerleaps itselfAnd falls on the […]

Through out the play Macbeth, Shakespeare demonstrates that power and security is harmful for someone – especially if that power or security is enquired at any means. To demonstrate this concept Shakespeare uses a variety of language techniques. During the beginning of the play you are introduced to a brave Macbeth who had just turn […]

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