Prince of Wales

Tamburlaine’s idea of nobility is seen as a matter of achievements against the incapacity of the born king Mycetes. His imposing conception of power and kingship is seen against the capacity for intriguing and practical politics of Cosroe. From this point on, the play shows Tamburlaine the conqueror, successful beyond the caprices of fortune and cruel. Not even Zenocrate’s tears will convince him not to kill the virgins of her native city and siege the town. But the beauty of Zenocrate in her…

In my essay I will first sate the traits of an ideal knight and then discuss the characteristics of an ideal knight as represented in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight while comparing and contrasting them to the characteristics of ideal knights in traditional texts. Quoting examples from the text, I will then discuss, analyze and come to a conclusion if Sir Gawain has been represented as an ideal knight in the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. During the Middle Ages and in many…

The old saying “wiser beyond their years” is shown in Milton’s Sonnet 7, as he proves both his point, and this deep-rooted saying true. Milton, in lines 5-6, embodies this saying by writing: “Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth / That I to manhood am arriv’d so near;” (410). These two lines show the reader that time can change your intelligence, but your body will not move with it as progressively, and vice-versa. The speaker laments that his inner self is much older than his physical…

(1)In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo demonstrates that compassion is more effective than punishment. (2) Despite Inspector Javert’s serve obsession with finding Jean Valjean, the circumstances under which this is achieved forces Javert to examine his own perception of justice. (3) Jean Valjean’s numerous selfless actions conflict with Javert’s label of him as a dangerous convict. (4) Javert’s fixation on punishment does not allow any room for compassion, and to his mind, the only way he can show…

“There is a sufficiency in the world for a man’s need, but not a man’s greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi. In the world, one’s greed will never be satisfied and leads to extreme selfishness. Not only is this true in the world, but it is also true when speaking about a dystopian story with a corrupt government. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about how Mildred, the government and society and Montag are all examples of selfishness. Ray Bradbury first describes how Mildred is selfish in the…

Machiavelli’s The Prince could be used as a manual for navigating tough decisions that leaders face every day, or viewed as a defense of negligent and callous autocratic leadership. While Machiavelli encouraged a more coldhearted approach to leadership, Socrates pushed for an improvement in the morality of daily life including leadership. The prince is a very determined powerful leader, who by almost any means, desires to protect and preserve his nation as well as his position as the prince. He…

Morality and Necessity: What Makes a Prince Just? Whether using the Machiavellian terminology (i.e. the prince) or the Socratic nouns (i.e. citizen, philosopher, or civil servant), the three literary works, “The Apology”, “Crito”, and “The Prince”, address the same topic: what should a leader be. Socrates valued individual characteristics considered to be moral and just more than anything. He was not afraid to place leaders to the same standard as the ordinary citizen and in fact encouraged…

It was summer time, the birds flew high in the big blue sky. The wind blew softly through the cedar trees, some of the men were out hunting in the woods. Others fishing in the great canoes. The women wove their baskets and hats and head bands for the great ceremony. The younger children danced and played while the older children gathered around the fire to listen to the teachings of the elders and learn the dance and songs of ceremony. For this was to be a great gathering of two tribes uniting…

The Prince was a book that was written by Niccolo Machiavelli . Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat to several European courts. Machiavelli wrote The Prince in dedication to the prince of Italy at the time: Lorenzo De Medici. The Prince is a book about royals written by a commoner who was better informed on the matters of the royals. Machiavelli asserted that The Prince was the aggregation of the knowledge he had acquired over time through many difficulties, sometimes in dangerous ways as he…

The Complex and Challenged Friendship of Amir and Hassan Thomas Aquinas, a famous Italian philosopher, once said “There is nothing on this Earth more to be prized than true friendship”. True friendship isn’t easy to obtain. True friends are there for someone, no matter the situation. But this friendship can fall apart, especially if jealousy sneaks its way into it. This idea is very relevant for Amir and Hassan in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In the novel The Kite Runner,…