Iron work-glove sculpture resting on a small bronze crown

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Henry VI, Part II

William Shakespeare

Virtue is chok’d with foul ambition.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Goodness is smothered by ugly ambition. The line pictures the drive for power as something that strangles moral character, leaving virtue unable to breathe while the pursuit of advancement grows. It is a compact warning that craving status can suffocate the very qualities deserving respect.

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