"Nought's had all's spent where our desire is got without content." ("Macbeth" by William Shakespeare). Can one pursue goals at all costs destroying everything around?
Agnieszka Serafin - 13.11.2018 @ 18:03
Here you can read our opinion about the unscrupulous behaviour.
Reaching our goal over the corpses of others
by Fruzsina Dávid und Fruzsina Leéb, DNG Budapest/Hungary
,,Nought’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content.“ writes Shakespeare in his stage play, in Macbeth. Is it worthy to follow our purpose at all hazards, even if we mess up everything around us?
If we hit a snag, we must go on, because if we fled from every little problem, we would never reach the finishing line. It is natural that sometimes we get stuck, but overcoming these obstacles just strengthens our soul, our character, Therefore, we wouldn’t stand/be here and now in this situation, right where we are, and we wouldn’t make any progress either.
Nevertheless, people shouldn’t lose themselves - even if the sky falls down - on the bumpy road of their lives. Because if they do, than the whole journey would be proven as to be in vain. In addition, we should have respect for the other members of the society, namely, we don’t live alone on this planet, and we need partners through our lifetime.
What would remain for us, if we turned a blind eye to our peers? Could we make it on our own?
We would realize, that the most wanted ‘fruit’ isn’t so sweet anymore with injured conscience.
For example, when we try to land a job, many times we use means which aren’t the fairest ones, which defeat the opponent. Or even childhood friendships can get spoiled because of a quarrel over a wedding date or a wedding location. It is not uncommon that sisters and brothers fight over the inheritance - after the death of the parents – to the last farthing, always digging for more gold.
It happens on a daily basis, that on public vehicles we find ourselves in a battle of words over the seats or over getting off.
All of these fights and atrocities are because we only gaze upon our goal, not looking around and seeing that there are other people that matter besides themselves. These contribute to the fact that locking out people leads us to turning our back to our true nature of being human.
Drawn by Fruzsina Leéb
Fruzsina Dávid - 15.11.2018 @ 09:00
I can fully agree with the points made in this article. We, as human beings are not able to survive if we are on our own completely, still we tend to easily lose sight of each other while pursuing our goals, which also means losing a big part of what marks us as "human".
Mirjam Kronthaler - 21.11.2018 @ 17:53
Hi Fruzsinas!
In your article you showed common situations when people want to reach their goal above all, even if they have to fight against their relatives or friends. Nowadays more and more people concentrate only on their career and do not care about others on their way to the top. That behaviour is similar to the main character of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. Humankind will not survive if everyone behaves that way. Undoubtedly, it is not bad that we want to achieve our targets, but it is important how we strive for it. In my opinion, the world would be much better if people worked together for the good of all, because everyone could benefit from that and the result, objectively, would be better than the work of one person. Instead of following Macbeth, we should do our best together. Miriam’s comment is a perfect summary of my thoughts that “(...) still we tend to easily lose sight of each other while pursuing our goals, which also means losing a big part of what marks us as "human".”
Damian Stępak - 30.12.2018 @ 20:51