“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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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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Miriany Lalchand Reader’s Response Hold Tight Amy Bloom Content Author Text (glossary) Summary Literary Devices My Response References About the Author Amy Bloom (1953) American writer and psychotherapist Written two novels & three collections of short stories Nominee for the National Book Award & the National Book Critics Circle Award Creator‚ co-executive producer & head writer for TV series “State of Mind” Written for The New Yorker‚ Atlantic
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Response to “Don’t Blame the Reader” by David Zinczenko What is the value of freedom? Not the effort of achieving freedom but the extent of its value. Should an individual control every aspect of their life or should they not? This is an important question when it comes to the fast food industry. Fast food annual revenue is an outstanding 170 billion dollars per year: diabetes has never been higher and yet we are still pondering on a problem that has not been resolved. The problem between
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Danielle Wehrle Reader Response “Big Boy Leaves Home” “Big Boy Leaves Home” is a story involving a multitude of violence. In the beginning of the story‚ there seemed to be a power struggle between Big Boy and his friends. They were rough housing with one another until it got out of hand. Big Boy started choking Bobo to the point where his friends were actually fearful for his life. This issue was resolved immediately. Although the boys continued to play-fight‚ they went on to enjoy the swimming
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In the story The Reader‚ the main characters Hanna and Michael are faced with several moral dilemmas‚ which challenges them into making changes that lead simultaneously growth as well as their demise. Hanna faces the challenge of deciding if her pride is worth more then her own freedom. It is in this fear‚ the loss of her dignity‚ which ultimately shapes the character she becomes in the end. Michael‚ the other main character‚ falls deeply in love with Hanna. He is forced to make a decision on whether
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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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FOA Martijn Outline: 1: Introduction: Structure and content/part Task division Learning outcome 2: Body (2): Compare writers Writers; Background Age Stature and credibility Conclusion writers How do age‚ background and nationality of writers influence language and meaning? What are the consequences of this influence? 3: Conclusion: Effects Noor‚ Martijn‚ Joos and Nadine on language and meaning Compare gravity of different aspects’ effect Introduction: [Slide 1.] Sociologists
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Born into a prestigious and wealthy family‚ it seemed William Charming was meant to achieve great things during his lifetime. With his father a former Mayor of New York and his mother a world renowned neurosurgeon‚ the Charming family was on top of the world. William was often pampered and given anything he could possibly want but he was also raised quite different from other children. Most of his days would consist of various lessons to further his mind and education and by the time he was ten years
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