Prince County

Through their powerful renderings of war and politics, Niccolò Machiavelli's iconoclastic 1532 political treatise The Prince and Shakespeare's 1599 historical tragedy Julius Caesar mutually seek to explore the nature of human weakness. A manifestation of Machiavelli's radically realpolitik interpretation of Renaissance humanism, The Prince subverts the traditional Christian moral zeitgeist, redefining weakness in instrumental terms - that a leader's results are superior in importance to his…

"to be" husband, Prince Ronald. She lives in a castle happily and one day a dragon comes and takes her prince away. He has a green scaly skin, an alligator's belly, wings, four feet and can breathe fire. The Paper Bag Princess is a story which is set in the middle ages. Just because he can breathe fire he feels superior to the mankind, which was a thought of medieval age. He feels himself as a powerful dragon because of his ability to flame. When the dragon flies with her prince, he blows the…

In Frozen, Princess Anna meets many new people along the way, some in which are good and some in which are bad characters in the story. During the beginning of the film, Princess Anna meets Prince Hanz, who seems to be a generous and thoughtful man but as the movie continues, his true personality shows. Prince Hanz is portrayed as an evil character in the movie, as he leaves Princess Anna to die and has the intention of killing Queen Elsa to become King and…

immoral acquisition and abuse of authority is facilitated by the presumption of inherent human morality within political systems. This is the dominant intertextual perspective between William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, examined through the values of stability and morality within politics. Texts, as manifestations of values and attitudes, are incontrovertibly influenced by their distinct contexts. As such, though an intertextual perspective may exist between…

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince is a depiction of how a “prince” or namely anyone in a position of power is to act toward his subjects, army, adversaries, etc. The development of Machiavelli’s worldview can be better explained by his time spent as a diplomat, statesman, and prisoner, as his many interactions with individuals in positions of power led him to formulate his theories on power and how it should be maintained. The Prince was a unique piece of writing for its time, in what it praises…

Machiavelli’s The Prince, Machiavelli gives an instructional guide on how to gain and keep political power. This instruction manual gives essential strategies on how to achieve political dominance; if one uses these strategies to their full capability, then one achieves complete political dominance over their citizens and any opposition that may rise. Using Machiavelli’s writing is essential for political domination. President Trump’s political and professional career can be framed with The…

lived who contributed more to the evolution of the political landscape than Niccolo Machiavelli. Born in a turbulent place in an unstable and perilous period of history, Machiavelli learned the realities of a state. Machiavelli’s greatest work, The Prince, established Political Realism, the acknowledgment that an ideal society is unobtainable, and operating on this knowledge, the focus of those in power should be better spent on political stability, even if immoral action was required to…

Louis XIV once said, “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself”, (“Louis XIV Quotes.”). A leader is defined by the way their people see them. Someone who advances multiple aspects of their nation while supporting the thoughts and views of their people. A prime example of leadership and someone who is known to display these qualities is Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar's battle tactics are know to this day as historical. He was loved by his people, while staying organized and…

Ranging from monarchies to democracies, there has always been some form of government throughout the history humanity. Humans naturally tend to organize themselves so that there is a government with various principles and beliefs, and fight against those who believe differently or persuade them to change their principles. George Bernard Shaw wrote the satirical play Major Barbara, in which the three main characters (Andrew Undershaft, Barbara Undershaft, and Adolphus Cusins) display a…

Kesey uses the introduction of McMurphy and the depiction of the ward along with the change after McMurphy’s introduction to illustrate the emasculating effect of control. The introduction of McMurphy is used as a catalyst to break the complete control and order of the ward. When McMurphy arrives on the extremely orderly and controlled ward, he makes a mockery of the system itself, claiming that he is “accustomed to being top man,” and he figures that “If [he’s] bound to be a loony” then he is…