Prince County

Machiavelli was a well-connected diplomat in Florence during the Florentine Renaissance. When the Medici family returned to power, Machiavelli was terminated from his position, leaving him to reside outside of the city. During this time, he wrote The Prince –essentially a book written to win the favour of Lorenzo Medici, the governor of Florence, and to “advance himself as a candidate for a political role in the Medician government” (Morgan, 505). Machiavelli states that a morally virtuous ruler…

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, written in the sixteenth century, describes princedoms as well as preserving political power within those states. Machiavelli’s work not only had the intentions to inform but to please the ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de’ Medici, to whom the book was dedicated (39). With The Prince, Machiavelli had hopes to regain a position within the government. While he failed in reclaiming power, Machiavelli’s book became one of the most influential works on politics.…

Niccolo Machiavelli’s book The Prince is a guide on how a proper prince should rule his nation. Machiavelli demonstrates how the past rulers have either been successful or not. Even as his audience were that of monarchs, many of his teachings’ outcomes can be seen in present day. In chapter 12, Machiavelli comments on the usage of mercenary troops. He is able to establish the fact that a ruler can never trust men that have no fear for God and have no trust in men. Victory may come faster or is…

The nineteenth century was a time of change in the artistic world. Artist started testing limits to see how they could introduce a whole new world of art. Some people considered the art to be a kind of culture shock and a scandalous way to express the artist talents. Scandalous is something that is considered improper, shocking, disgraceful, etc. (dictionary.com). There were three artist that really started this “scandalous” time period and they were Coubet, Daumier, and Manet. These three…

of Machiavelli's the Prince and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar reflect the way their social, cultural and historical contexts can influence their choice of language forms and features and the ideas, value and attitudes? Does the end justify the means? I am sure you all would have your own personal opinions in response to this perplexing question. Two composers in the Renaissance era also pondered upon the issue. Consequentialist Machiavelli in the political treatise The Prince reflects the rise of…

Foreword Before delving into the prescribed analysis as required by this assignment, I feel it necessary to provide some background as to why I chose this song as I could have seemingly chosen any other just as easily; however, throughout my troubled years, I found myself frequenting not only this song, but the entire album as well. In my younger years, back when i enjoyed the company of my older siblings on a daily basis before their departure to college, we all struggled in our dealings with…

The Department of Veterans Affair is a government-run system that offers benefits to veterans. Some of these benefits include compensation and pension, education and training, home loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and other services. As one can see the VA has a wide variety of services available to help out veterans, both emotionally and financially the VA offers them. However, looking at the bigger idea are these services easily attained by those veterans and if so…

idea doesn’t appeal to you” (203). This shows how Cimorene persuaded Kazul to allow her to make Alianora marry the Stone Prince, also this shows the Stone Prince’s chivalry and valor because of how he asked her if she was willing to marry him and not be forced. If Cimorene hadn’t suggested that the Stone Prince had served Kazul, The King of Dragons, Alianora and the Stone Prince wouldn’t have had a happy ever…

The average American spends half of their waking hours looking at a screen, equating to 20 years of their life. Technology has evolved how we spend our time, turning free time into screen time. Some argue that this evolution is for the best, technology is a massive asset for spreading knowledge and education. Others say we need to start limiting our use of this technology, for it becomes more distracting than productive. The solution is to use the vast powers technology has granted us for good,…

remorse. This offers the meaning that Morris feels guilty about what he said and that perhaps he wishes he had not said it at all. After that, Price’s band goes out onstage to perform their part of the music act. There are several close up shots of Prince and certain people in the audience. This demonstrates the audience’s dissatisfaction for The Revolution and their lack of excitement to the band’s upcoming concert. There is another close up of Prince’s character’s face when he smirks at seeing…