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PROMPT-Can success be disastrous?</p>
<p>Essay:
Man has always reaped for success. Achieving his or her goals and
gaining success has always been everyone's dream in life. However, the
need for too much success or power can be lethal. One's self pride
proliferates as their need for success becomes insatiable until it
eventually backfires. Success can be disastrous because it causes one
to become corrupt and supercilious as they strive to constantly gain
more and more success. Throughout literature and history, the process
of attempting to gain more success has led to one's demise because
greed for more success is attained, proving that success an be
disastrous.</p>
<p>First, in Sophocles' Greek tragedy, Antigone, King Creon tries to
succeed in making the citizens of Thebes to obey him. Creon issues a
decree stating that no one can bury Polyneices who died in a duel
against his brother Eteocles. If someone attempts to bury him, he or
she will be killed. Antigone, Polyneices' and Eteocles' sister
believes she is responsible to provide Polyneices with a proper
burial. She blatantly disobeys Creon's decree. Creon is furious
because someone disobeyed him. He orders to be locked away in a
cavernous location, to prove to Thebes that no one can cross him.
Subsequently, Antigone commits suicide. Haemon, Creon's son, stabs
himself because he lost the love of his life. Creon's wife then kills
herself because her son is dead. This leaves Creon alone and pathetic.
Eventually he kills himself too. Creon, who was so persistent in
trying to achieve his goal and gain success, ended up dead. His
egoistical greed for success led to his demise.</p>
<p>Next, Napoleon Bonaparte's goal was to conquer Europe and most of the
Old World. Beginning with the Italian campaign, Napoleon defeated
Austrian armies when he was attempting to restore the Bourbon
monarchy. Moreover, he was sent to Egypt where he defeated the
Mamluks in the Battle of the Pyramids. Later, he went on defeat the
Ottoman Turks. Then, Napoleon won a great battle against Austrian and
Russian forces at Austerlitz. Napoleon then turned to Prussia,
defeating them at Jena. His empire reached its critical point when he
triumphed against the Russians. His empire was so vast, it stretched
from West Europe to Russia and south until Sahara. However, his greed
for more success, eventually led to his fall. He was exiled twice and
finally died in Helena.</p>
<p>Achieving one's goals and succeeding is exceptional. Everyone should
be striving for success. It is however when one's avarice for success
intercedes with one's path to achieving one's goals, that can lead to
calamity.</p>