Yet ambition has long been regarded as, well, as something of a dirty word. Why? Perhaps it’s this, from Lady Macbeth in Macbeth: Certainly, we’ve become used to the notion that unattractive ...

Evidence I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th'other -- / [Enter Lady Macbeth] / How now? What news? (Act 1 Scene 7 ...

When female political leaders show ambition, they are often portrayed in the media as grasping, selfish and power-seeking. In other words, they are the embodiment of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth.

Just picture it. That brilliant stormily talented woman from the streamer Love Me is about to play Lady Macbeth in a re-jigged version of what they still superstitiously call the Scottish tragedy.

What is success? When is enough enough?, this tongue-in-cheek homage to Lady Macbeth considers what it means to be ambitious, for anyone looking for a change of direction in life. Caroline ...

Near the end of Act I of Shakespeare’s Scottish Play, Macbeth contemplates the price that may be paid for his unchecked ambition and lust ... Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Cynnita Agent) assassinate ...

When female political leaders show ambition, they are often portrayed in the media as grasping, selfish and power-seeking. In other words, they are the embodiment of Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth.