Comparative, Macbeth & Wall Street

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In Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone, Gecko is the determined ambitious character, he doesn’t care who he hurts or what he destroys, and he can’t truly appreciate anything unless it’s worth something financially, this is shown when the stocks on ‘Blue Star Airlines’ start falling and the Union members visit gecko just to tell him that they no longer support him buying the company, and then his rival, Larry Wildman, has worked together with Foxx (one of gecko’s stockbrokers, who realises he is being played a fool by gecko) In Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone, Gecko is the determined ambitious character, he doesn’t care who he hurts or what he destroys, and he can’t truly appreciate anything unless it’s worth something financially, this is shown when the stocks on ‘Blue Star Airlines’ start falling and the Union members visit gecko just to tell him that they no longer support him buying the company, and then his rival, Larry Wildman, has worked together with Foxx (one of gecko’s stockbrokers, who realises he is being played a fool by gecko) Ambition: Ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve something typically requiring determination and hard work. This is shown in both Macbeth & Wall Street with both protagonists displaying determination to rise to the top, but that ambition and determination eventually leads to their inevitable downfall. Although both texts are from different times, the concepts are the same, if you mess with the chain of being; nothing good will work out for you. Ambition: Ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve something typically requiring determination and hard work. This is shown in both Macbeth & Wall Street with both protagonists displaying determination to rise to the top, but that ambition and determination eventually leads to their inevitable downfall. Although both texts are from different times,

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