Abstract
An analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter". The writer argues that Beatrice is the victim of the three male characters in the story - Giovanni, Rappaccini, and Baglioni - who use her for their own purposes and end up sealing their own and her fate because of their selfish ambitions.

From the Paper
"In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story 'Rappaccini's Daughter' there are four main characters three men and a woman. There is the scientific genius Rappaccini and his daughter Beatrice. There is Rappaccini's jealous contemporary Baglioni and there is Giovanni a young man who idolizes Rappaccini's scientific genius and his beautiful daughter Beatrice. Van Doren maintains of Beatrice she is the passive victim of her father's art. She did not will to be a poison flower. Indeed Beatrice is destined to live in isolation as her father's victim and ..."

Tags:love, Hawthorne, short story, science, character, idolization

Abstract
The paper explains how the Europeans' dread of another destructive conflict led to a strong inclination for a policy of appeasement. Then, the paper discusses France and Britain's hesitant attitude and how it was aggressively exploited by Hitler. Finally, the paper shows how these democracies committed a series of strategic mistakes that proved fatal.

Outline:
The Prominence of the Ideal of Collective Security
A Hesitant and Defensive Behaviour
Crucial Strategic Mistakes
Conclusion

From the Paper
"After the traumatic shock inflicted by WWI, the international order was devoted to the doctrine of collective security: all the nations having an equal interest in peace, they should punish those who disturbed it. A direct consequence was the policy of disarmament - i.e. the limitation and reduction of world armaments -, strongly implemented in particular by Britain. However, against the directives of the Versailles settlement, the new German chancellor Adolf Hitler rapidly showed his intentions of rearming by leaving successively the Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations in October 1933. France being too dispirited to act alone and Britain blindly refusing to give up the ideal of collective security, no measure was taken by the democracies - except the following of their own disarmament policy (Kissinger 1994)."

Tags:appeasement, collective, security, Britain, France, Germany

Abstract
The paper examines the ambitions of Claudius in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the personal ambitions of Montaigne, as seen in his "Essays". The paper discusses the contrast between Montaigne's lack of ambition, and Claudius' overpowering ambition.

From the Paper
"In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", the character of Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, is a man utterly consumed by ambition. Indeed, the fact that he would murder his own brother so that he might become king indicates a ruthlessness and determination that is almost beyond comprehension. His ambitions include a desire for increased political power, winning the love of Gertrude his brother's widow, and protecting Denmark's territories. Throughout the play, Claudius consistently proves that he is willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy his ambitions, and as a result he..."

Tags:shakespeare, hamlet, claudius, montaigne, essays, ambition, political, sexual, romantic, military

Abstract
This paper discusses the development of nuclear technology in Iran. It discusses the reasons that Iran gives for the developments and the views of the rest of the world regarding the issue. The paper focuses on the potential threat posed by Iran if it has nuclear power capabilities. The paper then looks at the options for addressing the threat that is posed by Iran.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Military Threat of a Nuclear Iran
Non-Military Threats of a Nuclear Iran
Options for Addressing the Threat of a Nuclear Iran

From the Paper
"However, unlike the Iraqi nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel in Natanz, the Iranian nuclear network comprise hundreds of individual facilities located underground in hardened bunkers and spread out throughout much of the country. It is, therefore, possible that without U.S. tactical assistance, Israel might eventually have only one option for preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons: namely, a pre-emptive nuclear strike of its own. Given the inevitable blame that the U.S. will share throughout the rest of the Muslim world for such an attack, even without direct U.S. involvement, it might behoove this country to provide assistance to enable Israel to destroy the threat using the latest U.S. conventional (i.e. non-nuclear) technology capable of achieving the objective without the unavoidable death of millions in Iran."

Tags:power, centrifuges, weapons, sanctions

Abstract
The paper demonstrates how it is the ambition of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth that drives the play forward. The paper further shows how the ambition of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is often accompanied, or even illustrated by, the image of blood.

From the Paper
"Macbeth is first mentioned by the witches in the very first scene of the play, when the witches decide to head to "the heath. / There to meet with Macbeth" (Act I, sc. 1, 6-7). Not that it is too surprising, but the witches let the reader know that Macbeth survives the battle. More details are told in the following scene, when the Sergeant says Macbeth fought while "disdaining fortune" (I, 2, 17). Both of these mentions of Macbeth are evidence of his fame, among the mortals and the weird sisters. The reader, therefore, already has an image of Macbeth as a person that seeks--and achieves--glory despite risk, and the battle description is also quite bloody. In addition, Macbeth's own sword "smoked with bloody execution," making the deaths he caused sound almost official and yet also violent, foreshadowing his rise to real official power (I, 1, 18). Even this early in the play, the image of blood and the theme of ambition are united in this character. The Sergeant that delivers the description of Macbeth's valor does so even as he is bleeding nearly to death from his own wounds, and this is perhaps the clearest early example of the bloody cost at which Macbeth must earn his glory and power."

Tags:blood, evil, witches, murder

Abstract
This paper describes the general overall differences in the ways in which Japanese and American society vary in their acceptance of personal ambition. The writer provides a definition of the concept of personal ambition and examines why it is easier to define this concept in the context of Japanese society than American society. It examines the relativity of this concept to these societies.

From the Paper
"The question of how ambition as a personality is expressed in two different cultures "for example, in the United States and in Japan" is a complex one for a number of reasons. The first is that any cultural entity as large as Japan or especially the United States is bound to have a tremendous amount of intracultural variation amongst people, so much so that the concept of the existence of a single dominant style of expressing a trait such as ambition must be called into question. This is especially true for a culture as diverse as is the United States; it is relatively easier to describe the expression of such a trait in a more homogeneous society like Japan or perhaps it only seems so from the perspective of the United States, for surely it is true that cultures always look simpler when seen from afar."

Tags:society, homogeneous, success

Abstract
This paper discusses Peter Dear's book, "Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and its Ambitions: 1500-1700". The paper examines Dear's suggestion that the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was perhaps no revolution at all-a progression of thought rather than a break with the past. The paper illustrates how the book is designed to give the reader a general introduction to the history of ideas, as opposed to a history of events, even though, as the title suggests, this historical book is ordered in a chronological fashion.

From the Paper
"Peter Dear compares the beginning and the end of the 16th and 18th century ages and approaches over the course of his study, after taking the reader on a history of the evolving natural philosophy, humanism, mathematics, classical study and experimentalism of the ensuing decades. He bookends the medieval focus with the scientific and rationalist emphasis of the 18th century, comparing what was considered "worth knowing" by the end of 18th century," after science and neo-classical philosophy had penetrated the European consciousness with what was worth knowing in 1500. "

Tags:middle, ages, medieval

Abstract
"Macbeth", possibly one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays, is most well-known for its striking portrayal of a decorated Scottish general and his wife and their quest for absolute power. This paper focuses on the topic of evil combined with unrestrained ambition in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". It considers possible explanations for Macbeth's murders and analyzes the text to determine why Macbeth turned to evil.

From the Paper
"MacBeth, possibly one of Shakespeare's most well known plays, is most well known for its striking portrayal of a decorated Scottish general and his wife and their quest for absolute power. Shakespeare's shortest tragedy is also known for its study of human nature, namely, the conflict between the forces of good and evil in the human psyche. Like all tragic heroes, Lord MacBeth has a fatal flaw: ambition. This flaw consumes him throughout the course of the play leading to his inevitable downfall at its conclusion. However, MacBeth is not simply Shakespeare's study of ambition; its focus is much more precise. MacBeth is a study of the evil to which ambition leads when unrestrained by morals."

Tags:ambition, evil, macbeth, shakespeare

Abstract
This paper looks at Thomas More's "Utopia" and Machiavelli's "The Prince". It begins by discussing the different ideas of political ambition and glory. It then compares and contrasts both, with critical insight.

From the Paper
"What is the goal of a leader? Some believe it is political glory and ambition; others do not. In Thomas More's Utopia, an ideal society is one in which the citizens are free from personal want of possessions. They do not become envious of another's belongings because they share all their belongings. There is a uniform of dress, required labor in agriculture, and training in general defense. The leaders of the society work for the common good of all the citizens and are respected for doing so. The citizens of this society are well educated. The youth respect their elders. More describes the society through a character named Raphael Hythloday. Hythloday believes this is an ideal society from which the leaders of Europe can learn. The Prince, a letter from Niccolo Machiavelli to a new prince in Italy, describes all the necessary tools of a leader that are needed to obtain new states and govern the new states effectively. Both More and Machiavelli write about political ambition and glory. Their ideas of ambition and glory reflect the general ideas presented in Utopia and The Prince."

Tags:individual, society

Abstract
The paper discusses Lady Macbeth as a dominant, confident and strong-willed woman who manipulates her husband with no regret. The paper shows how her character drives the play, and points out that her demise at the end of the play is cathartic to the play and to the audience.

From the Paper
"Shakespeare reveals the importance of Lady Macbeth's character early in the play. We know what kind of person she is by her reaction to his letter. Her position in the play makes her character much stronger than his and it is their love that allows her to have such control over him. He does not suspect that she would convince him to do something wrong or evil. She is all too aware of his nature and admits that she fears that it might be "too full o' the milk of human kindness" (I.iv.18). She knows that her husband is ambitious but he does not have "The illness should attend it" (I.iv.21). Here we see that lady Macbeth is very aware of her husband's personality. She knows that he is prone to do the right thing and might just need a little push from him in order to attain the throne. In fact, we might wonder if Macbeth would ever have thought of murder on his own."

Tags:Macbeth, manipulation, ambition, dominance, murder