Machiavelli wrote The Prince as an instructional manual for a Renaissance ruler. The Prince is a mixture of practical‚ “real” advice and theoretical‚ “ideal” advice for the ruler operating under the best conditions. If you were about to become the ruler of your own country‚ which parts of Machiavelli’s advice do you think would still apply in the modern world? In your answer‚ explain and justify what advice you would personally keep and what you would disregard as a neophyte ruler. Niccolo
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narrator/ author: an analysis of the narrative technique. You may think of the ways in which this technique challenges our reading style and habits‚ the ways it affects our level of understanding‚ the ways in which it challenges our understanding of the role of an author. The role of an intrusive narrator consisted in comments on and evaluates characters and actions; establishes what counts as facts and values in the narrative (wikipedia). It mainly point out the presence or thought of the author in
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Summary of the happy prince by Oscar wilde? Its a beautiful story of an immortal prince ‚who by his good deeds won the heart of hundreds of people in his town.he was the "happy prince"‚whose happiness was always dedicated for serving the needy poor people in some way or the other.but as we all know that heaven’s door calls the good one first ‚so prince died. but people made his statue with heavy gold stones and jewels in his loving memory. one day a swallow(a little bird)came over the town
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books that should be only tasted‚ few that should be chewed till digested: some to be read with curiosity‚ and some need reading with diligent attention. So is the case with the book authors. English literature is filled with the variety of authors that designed the 20th century literature. Few famous names of book authors that shaped the twentieth century literature are: George Orwell who was a great essayist and novelist and his writings are famous for social and political issues like poverty colonialism
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happiness can also extend across an entire nation‚ with people in "happy" nations being more likely to have pro-democratic attitudes and a keenness to help others. The link between happiness and success was investigated by a team from the University of California Riverside‚ led by Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky. First‚ they analysed questionnaires that ask people about multiple aspects of their lives. "For example‚ they show that happy people tend to earn higher incomes‚" said Prof Lyubomirsky. Having
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“The Prince” originally written for princes and rulers is a book written with monarchies in mind‚ describing how to rule in all different varieties of monarchies; from dynasties to newly developing monarchies. This book also goes into great detail of how to maintain existing monarchies or how to conquer and keep them under your rule. Older monarchies or dynasties are tougher to conquer and keep because if you cannot win the hearts of the people they will rebel to restore power to their beloved
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The Prince Guiding Questions 1. Why did Machiavelli write The Prince? Machiavelli wrote The Prince because he wanted Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ who was the current ruler‚ to be impressed by him and show him that he was intelligent and a useful advisor to him. Machiavelli also wrote it for Princes to read and comprehend how to be successful in power. 2. Name the three major themes of The Prince. (HINT: Look at the chapter titles) One of the major themes in The Prince was Statesmanship and Warcraft.
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Summary Why did Niccolo Machiavelli write the prince? He wrote it like a guide. The Prince is an analysis of how to acquire and keep political power. Philosophers wrote it as how it should be‚ but Machiavelli presented it as it is. The Prince begins by addressing to Lorenzo de Medici‚ where Machiavelli tells him that he is seeking favor with the prince by offering him some of his knowledge. Machiavelli proceeds to classify the kinds of states: hereditary princedoms
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“The Prince” Nicolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince‚ which has been used by many to learn and understand his realistic political theory. In the text‚ Machiavelli depicts his very flagrant and stark outlook of human nature. He also goes into explaining why he feels that most human beings are wretched‚ selfish creatures. Hence his political theory‚ being is for a prince to control his people is to have them fear him. With my own personal experiences in life‚ I would have to agree with Machiavelli’s
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was one of the most successful authors of the late Victorian Age. Wilde was involved in the aestheticism movement‚ which attempted to establish art as just pieces of beauty. Many people of the Victorian Era believed all works of art had a deeper meaning and purpose other than for pleasure‚ but Wilde worked to disprove this idea. He believed that art is self sufficient and it does not have to teach morals or to show political commitment to society‚ and that the artist is
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