Prince County

A communal philosophy among political theorists has been the distinctive association between morality and power. According to the Italian humanist and politician, Niccolò Machiavelli, sustaining power is not correlated with maintaining virtuosity. In William Shakespeare’s renowned play, Hamlet, King Claudius is a textbook illustration of this concept. A critic of the play once said, “He is a good king, but a bad man.” It is achievable to provide beneficial supremacy and yet possess inadequate…

lot of power within the kingdom that she lived in. She wouldn’t go to sleep until she found out what door contained what. Finding out what door had which she could be the one that chooses the man’s fate. The door with the lady was a girl that the princes didn’t like. The text states that the princess had seen the girl and man talking before. Having the power to choose the man’s fate indicates that she wouldn’t want the man and girl together.…

"Ow," I moaned. I opened my eyes and realized that I was on the wood chip ground in front of the swings. What happened! I couldn't feel my ankle and I was all scratched up. I touched my ankle and it felt like it would hurt, but it didn't hurt me. I wouldn't want to make a big scene. "Great," I whispered to myself.A recess monitor was coming over. I got up and used the swing as a seat. "Are you okay?" she nervously asked. "Yea," I told her under dramatically. "Do you…

The Lady or the Tiger When the man opened the door he heard nothing and the princess anxiously waiting for the man to open the door.He chooses the right door and the barbarian princess waiting for the tiger but no! When the man opened the door slowly the woman from behind the door,ran as fast as she could in her dress and hugged the man.She yelled “Thank you! Thank you!”They went Home and lived happy ever after.So you thought. The princess one night went into the mans home.Ever so slightly…

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is a treatise that states many points. One of the points is “It is better to be feared than loved”. Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a play about ambition and tragedy. In chapters 14-17 of The Prince, Machiavelli describes how a ruler should act. In Macbeth, Shakespeare does the exact opposite of what Machiavelli is advising a ruler to do. Not following these theories would be the death of Macbeth. In Chapter 14, Machiavelli states that the easiest way to…

All Christians believe that Jesus died on the cross for the peoples’ sins, and that he suffered while he was taken to the Calvary. Through the time Christians have been reliving those moments. Each year a group of people comes up with a play, a demonstration of what happened to Jesus. Although it might not be perfectly portrayed, the group puts all the effort and time to give a good demonstration. It takes some weeks to get ready, practice, and memorize the dialogue. The main goal is to leave a…

The frog prince Literary Paragraph In the frog prince by brothers Grimme only one charcter truly emergence as the hero and that is the King. The king was the only character that wasn't self centered because he was caring to the princess and her well being "the king her father seeing that something had frightened her" (Grimm Pg 2) the king noticed something was wrong and insead of neglecting the princess he goes up to her: "Asked her what is the matter". This shows that the king is looking out…

Without the slightest hesitation he went to the door on the right and opened it. Out came nothing the king had been tricked! In that time the princess ran down the stairs into the empty door and with pleading eyes asked “Will you marry me?” He replied with a regret filled voice “No I’m sorry I can't without your father's blessing.” The king and his guards were walking towards the man. After what felt forever they arrived at each other . He then out of sudden anger commanded his guards to…

At the beginning of junior year, I decided to pursue my love for public speaking by joining my school’s Mock Trial team. After successful performances at the Los Angeles Superior Court, I was awarded the Most Valuable Participant Award by the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Our team, however, did not move on to the second round. That was not a surprise, since only nine teams out of a hundred move on each year, and Clark Magnet’s team had never made it past the first round. For me, Mock Trial…

You’re right, it was called a crisscrossing action that we used. But after hundreds of attempts during the summer, I remember vividly in 1954 the first time Tuffy and I used it in our opening game. He fielded the punt and I had to close the distance between the two of us. His job was to keep the ball in front because when handing it off, or back to me, it was considered a lateral and not an illegal forward lateral. As we turned to cross, Tuffy’s BIG eyes told me he was undecided whether he…