Timed writing rewrite: the Prince Leaders of countries or Princes must make decisions that not many will agree with‚ but are the best for the populace and he must make them‚ no matter the cost. Niccolo Machiavelli uses logos‚ ethos and distinct clear diction to prove the necessity for a ruler to be able to make unpopular decisions‚ in an excerpt from his book “the Prince” (1532). Throughout the excerpt Machiavelli uses logos to talk about this issue in a logical manner. His first step
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Cited: 1. Havel‚ Vaclav. "The Divine Revolution" McGraw-Hill Reader. Gilbert H Muller‚ Ed. Boston McGraw-Hill‚ 2000 (337-341) 2. Machiavelli‚ Niccolo. "The Circle of Governments" McGraw-Hill Reader. Gilbert H. Muller‚ Ed. Boston McGraw-Hill‚ 2000 (230-233) 3. Muller‚ Gilbert H. Ed. The McGraw-Hill Reader Boston. McGraw-Hill‚ 2000 4. Will‚ George. "Straight Line to Calamity" McGraw-Hill Reader
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Iago uses the Elizabethan views and stereotypes to manipulate Othello to do his bidding. Iago assumes that Othello is insecure due to his ethnic heritage‚ and uses this to his advantage. Iago himself is influenced by the context--the Elizabethan society. While Iago is correct of Othello’s insecurity‚ it is because of the attitudes towards Blackamoors during the Elizabethan era that Othello was insecure itself. There is evidence that there were a considerable number of black people in England in
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Machiavellian Perception of Reality Introduction Written almost five centuries ago during Italy’s era of fractious chaos‚ Niccolo Machiavelli’s‚ The Prince became the “How-To” book for the effective acquisition‚ governance‚ and retainment of power over principalities. Within the pages of this political treatise‚ Machiavelli duly explains the qualities of a successful prince. However‚ he also explains how the importance of these very qualities affect the prince’s public image and reputation
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judged by a very strict set of criteria in which rulers were meant to be feared by all and loved by none. Kings and Princes of the middle ages were not necessarily popular as they are today. Instead‚ they strived to be competitive and feared. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a series of works regarding the guidelines that princes were to follow in order to be successful rulers. He gives examples of both successful and unsuccessful princes and greatly details
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During Niccolỏ Machiavelli’s lifetime‚ Italy’s city-states were in turmoil‚ and he was extremely interested in the politics behind the chaos.1 Machiavelli advised principalities on the proper way to conduct themselves by using his study of human nature. His understanding of human greed‚ disloyalty‚ and predictability created a vision of politics that utilizes power for a prince to maintain stability. Machiavelli created power-politics‚ his vision of how to stabilize a principality‚ in The Prince
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Renaissance Italy was a world of contradictions. Amidst all the innovation for which it is remembered‚ Italy was in political turmoil. Within Niccolo Machiavelli’s life alone‚ there were multiple invasions as well as internal conflicts and political unrest. Machiavelli was Head of the Militia during a brief period when Florence was a republic‚ free of Medici family rule‚ but when they returned to power in the early 16th century‚ Machiavelli was tortured‚ imprisoned‚ and internally exiled. It was
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The idea of human nature and the role of government in society has no doubt been influenced by the works of John Locke‚ Karl Marx and Niccolo Machiavelli. Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto illustrates the desire to eliminate economic classes‚ Locke’s Second Treatise of Government protests against unjust rulers by establishing natural rights‚ and Machiavelli’s The Prince is an elaborate guide for acquiring‚ maintaining and protecting a state. Unlike Machiavelli‚ Locke and Marx put their trust in human
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Niccoló Machiavelli‚ in The Qualities of the Prince‚ gives the qualities a prince should have to maintain his power‚ or for an aspiring prince to acquire the throne. Martin Luther King‚ as a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement‚ did not aspire to the throne but to freedom and justice for the African-American community. In this context‚ he wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail which was addressed to the clergymen who had previously sent him a letter that criticized his
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When Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" in the 1500’s‚ his intentions did not apply to the twentieth century. Some very important figures of the twentieth century used basic ideals from "The Prince" to obtain and maintain their position in power. One of these individuals was Adolf Hitler. Hitler used numerous Machiavellian ideas to win his respective place in Germany’s government. The two most important Machiavellian principles that Hitler used were winning the people and how he dealt with cruelty and
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