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What Tells You that the Patriot Was Overambitious? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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What tells you that the patriot was overambitious?

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The line which tell us that he was overambitious is: Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun To give it my loving friends to keep! But the people had rewarded him with humiliating him for his past deeds.

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Chapter 1.08: The Patriot - Extra Questions

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Chapter 1.08 The Patriot
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