Teachings of Machiavelli: Political Virtu or Economic Supremacy In his famous text The Prince‚ Machiavelli introduces his thoughts on virtu to the political arena. Many today see Machiavelli as evil and sinister because he goes against certain Christian virtues by asserting that ruling with an iron fist is most effective. I contend that Machiavelli’s teachings are sound and legitimate‚ but not in the political sense. Rather‚ I would argue the ideals taught in The Prince are more effective from
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The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963)‚ the author‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ was written in response to a critical "Call For Unity" by a group of clergymen in Birmingham. His comparison would seem to indicate that he shares the same life as them. Martin Luther King’s work devoted to a single objective: the protection of civilization as a form of protest that the Civil Rights Movement could continue. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter he uses the rhetorical appeal of ethos. He starts off the
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questions: 1. Describe Porter’s Five Forces model‚ its purpose and the business benefit. (5%) 2. Using Porter’s Five Forces model analyse the challenges facing King of Shaves. (40%) 3. From your analysis identify and describe two Opportunities and two Threats. (10%) 4. Using Porter’s Generic Strategies identify which strategy King of Shaves is following‚ support your answer with evidence. (10%) 5. Describe the concept of
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Lao-Tzu‚ Machiavelli‚ and the American Government Lao-Tzu’s "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching" and Machiavelli’s "The Qualities of a Prince" both have the ultimate goal of making better leaders. The tactics that each writer chooses to present as a guide for the leader are almost opposite of each other. Today’s American government would benefit from a combination of the two extreme ideas. Lao-Tzu’s laissez-faire attitude towards the economy‚ as well as his small scale‚ home defense military
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reading and analyzing works of art such as Niccolo Machiavelli’s "The Qualities of the Prince" and Henry David Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience". Through these readings‚ she learned about various rhetorical techniques such as parallelism‚ persuasiveness‚ comparison‚ and compartmentalized reasoning. She also placed herself under the instruction of the highlyesteemed Dr. Boggs‚ who guided
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King Kong (1933) V.S King Kong (2005) King Kong is one of the most recognizable motion-picture of all time. Written and produced by Merian C. Cooper‚ "King Kong‚ a story worth making two movies about the suspense/thriller‚ was state of the art when it first came out in 1933‚ and was brought back to life through current state of the art technology in 2005" (Layton‚ 2003). The stop-motion animation in the 1933 film and the new and improved computer animation in the 2005 version about this gigantic
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| Burger King | | BA330 Marketing Communications | | Burger King | | BA330 Marketing Communications | grantham university October 4‚ 2012 Felix E Rivera grantham university October 4‚ 2012 Felix E Rivera 1. Do you think using an alternative digital media approach to reaching the target audience would be a long-term strategy or is just a short-term tactic? In our case study reading‚ Burger King uses the Facebook social network as their alternative digital media
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Case Study: Burger King Beefs Up By Janet Mosha Burger King is the world’s largest chain of flame-broiled fast food restaurants. Its core competency is its flame-broiled burgers; whereas other fast food hamburger joints serve fried burgers or no burgers at all‚ Burger King offers the unique flame-broiled burgers with any options that a customer might like‚ consumers have the benefit of having a burger they cannot find elsewhere. Initially Burger King only sold burgers‚ fries‚ shakes‚ and sodas;
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RicThrough the comparison of different texts‚ the audience gains deeper understanding of a composer’s contextual values. Shakespeare’s historical tragedy ‘King Richard III’ reflects a theocentric world view of Elizabethan England. This melodrama has been reshaped by Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama Looking for Richard exploring the relevance of Elizabethan beliefs after the influence of postmodern ethics on humanitarian ideas. Both Shakespeare and Pacino utilize the dominant media of their time to portray
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This question asks you to consider the relationship between public and private (or between oikos/polis) in the play. What is the outcome for Thebes? What is the outcome for Oedipus? Is Oedipus to be considered as a father/son/brother or simply as the king of Thebes? Might Oedipus be more than one man? This question asks you to consider the play’s central inconsistency as potentially one of its themes. The Thebans have heard that Laius was killed by more than one man; in fact‚ Oedipus alone committed
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