Statement #1: Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person.

For this statement, I can neither agree nor disagree. Ambition is considered to be good, but too much can be harmful. Ambition gives us drive and purpose but can push us to do things we weren't meant for or that can harm others. It's constant battle of self-control. Ambition drives us to do wonderful things. America had ambition enough to go to the moon and back but we also had ambition to maintain slavery in the south and to fight it when we could. It results in great achievements and great death in many cases. There would be no great achievements  or great death without ambition. It's a delicate balance.

For example, in Macbeth, we have our main character who required ambition to become the man he is portrayed as in the book but also requires ambition to become the dead man he is at the end of the book. If he hadn't been ambitious, he couldn't have became a great fighter or the Thane of Cawdor and since he was overly ambitious, he killed the king and was decapitated because of it. The balance results in my opinion. I can agree that ambition can be positive as well as negative. I cant agree or disagree that ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person.