The Prince And The Pauper

How would you like to switch places with the president, a pop star, or maybe just one of your parents? What do you think the pros and cons of this would be? This is what happened in the Prince and the Pauper by Samuel Clemens under the name Mark Twain. It is about two boys who were born on the same day where one was wanted, one was not. Each boy was not happy with his own life at an older age, so they switched places. Tom Canty became a prince, and Edward Tudor became a pauper.

In The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, Twain suggest that even though Edward and Tom switch lives they have the same knowledge. The two main characters are Edward Tudor, who is part of the royal bloodline, and Tom Canty, who is a poor boy where domestic violence occurs in his house on a daily basis. How these two completely opposite citizens of England meet is strange. One day Tom, who is the poor boy, is walking near the castle. As he walks near the castle Edward, who is the prince of England, is walking into the castle and a guard treats Tom poorly. Edward saw how the guard treated Tom and decided to invite him into the castle. While they were in the castle, they talked about their different lifestyle and how every day went for them. As they were talking, Tom and Edward became envious of each other's lifestyle. Tom liked the royal life that Edward had, and Edward liked Tom’s life of roaming freely and playing in mud. Since they were envious of each other, they

Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff are both high-class protagonists in society but are lying about their lives to preserve their reputations. “You have invented a very useful younger brother called Ernest, in order that you may be able to come up to town . . . I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury . . . ” (Wilde 1498). Ernest is Jack’s fictional brother, who always gets into mischief and uses him an excuse to go into town. Likewise, Algernon uses Bunbury, his fictitious and ill friend, to allow him to go to the country. These characters enable these gentlemen to retreat from their social obligations. Missing an essential reception to aid their “brother” or “friend,” gives the appearance that they are caring men, which is an admirable trait among the rich, but they are not. The name “Bunbury” is an interesting name

The first example of characterization that develops the theme that appearance can deceive reality is Dr. Watson’s impression of Mr. Stapleton. Originally deemed the innocent, quirky, naturalist, Mr. Stapleton, and his sister are not what they seem. Under his odd personality and “with his straw hat and butterfly-net, I seemed to see something terrible...a smiling face with a murderous heart (636). Stapleton personality portrays him as a weird naturalist, however, Stapleton's actions reveal him to be a desperate murderer. Stapleton was very clever and used Sir Henry's stolen boots scent to guide his hound to the victim, however, Barrymore had given Sir Henrys clothes to Selden on the moor to help him. Unfortunately, this leads to Selden's death. When Stapleton spies

Everyone at one point or another judges someone else and makes the wrong assumption. People have that habit, but sometimes people can fool others. After all, people dress and act how they want to look to others. In the Elizabethan era romantic comedy A Midsummer’s Night Dream, William Shakespeare suggests the theme that people have hidden layers and disguises which can lead others to foolish choices.

A villain is typically characterized as a being who is corrupt, devious, and deceptive. Machiavelli is considered to be all of the above. He and Iago both believe in striving for their goals and having a strong ambition for greatness, which in retrospect, sounds like a good trait to have. However, characters that are true Machiavellian’s believe that the end justifies the mean, making them the worst kind of villain.

In the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tells us how many of the characters appearances can be deceiving. With the introduction of the characters Sir Henry there are many clues that show how looks can be deceiving from how they act. Throughout this tale doyle perfectly develops the theme of appearances can be deceiving by trustworthy characters changing actions due to anger, secrets, and family. In the beginning, Sir Henry is mad at the hotel for losing his boot while he is visiting London.

The Prince was a book that really opened my eyes to a certain way of thinking and not feeling like a bad person for thinking that way. A lot of people regard narcissism as bad and selfish and make you out to be an ignorant villain. Growing up I have always considered myself to be quite narcissistic and everyone around me always made me feel like it was a crime to think highly of myself. Having narcissistic qualities is not a crime, in fact depending on where you want your life to go it can be a blessing to have those qualities. Although these qualities can be to our benefit in some instances, if we do not know how to use the power of these qualities they will become of no use and instead work against us.

In my opinion I think that Machiavelli wrote this book as a practical guide for future rulers, to use also in the beginning he offers the prince the book as a gift and a guide, he talks about not having anything that he deems worthy enough for the prince but he considers his knowledge to be pretty worthy. For example in chapter III Machiavelli advise the prince on what he should do if he were to gain power of a new state, for example he advises the prince to reside into the new state that way if there is any conflict he is present to solve. He also advises the prince on establishing colonies in new states because this way it is less expensive than maintaining a military in the new state. In the book he writes “One does not spend much on colonies,and

The Prince written by Niccolò Machiavelli was first published during the Italian Renaissance in 1532. The book teaches politicians how to be powerful and yet viewed positively among the people. Machiavelli discussed actions of past rulers of Europe and whether or not their actions were correct. He analyzed how these men seized, retained and lost political power as well as land. The book has lasted throughout the ages and is referred to as a classic by many. The reason behind this is that its messages are applicable to all forms of government even in present day. However this was not what Machiavelli intended when he first started writing the book. If read carefully, it can be seen that he mainly targets a certain area for his guide. Also, most

This can be seen in the short story “Charles.” This is a story about a boy in kindergarten, who told his parents that there was a boy named Charles doing a bunch of bad things, but it was really the boy, Laurie. This is shown on page 11, "Laurie usually adjusts very quickly," I said. "I suppose this time it's Charles's influence." "Charles?" "Yes," I said, laughing, "you must have your hands full in that kindergarten, with Charles." "Charles?" she said. "We don't have any Charles in the kindergarten” This evidence proves that his parents didn’t get to know Laurie for who he really was. This means that Laurie wasn’t truthful to his parents, and couldn’t get the help he needed without telling his parents that he was really Charles. Laurie being bad could lead to him acting worse and getting away with it. The second piece of evidence is from the story “Funny Boy” from the Literature and Language book. This story is about a chubby boy who is known as the class clown. Harvey the class clown, makes fun of himself before anyone else can. This can be seen on page 17, “Isn't necessary? Of course it's necessary! I don't want you go around with the impression that I get a date! Fat people do date, sir. You see that's one of the great things about a school the size of Whitman-no matter how fat and homely you are, there always somebody bad enough to go out with you. (He's trying to make the whole thing sound funny and flippant, but his tear ducts betray him. Harvey turns his head that Pete can't see the tears.)” This evidence shows how Harvey really feels about himself, and no one gets to really know who he is on the inside. He wants to be able to confident about himself, but cannot if Harvey keeps on making fun of himself. This means that Harvey is self- conscious about his weight, and uses his funny ways to distract people from his

While standards for “proper” behavior hold steadfast throughout nineteenth century’s England, Christian beliefs and moral standards that hold concrete in the beginning of the Victorian Era, begin to crack towards the middle, as a result of major scientific publications and theories that contradict much of the Christian faith. Men and women of the upper and higher middle classes receive books to guide them on “proper” etiquette in public, and if any individual digresses from these rules, their name arises in gossip everywhere, until another’s mistake becomes more interesting. Despite this farcical behavior, many men and women with an education, ironically also belonging to the upper and higher

In literature, it often seems that there are two or more sides to every story. From classics like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities, to more contemporary favourites like Kathryn Stockett’s The Help and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, literature is filled with multiple perspective stories.

In Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, the characters each try to pass themselves off as something they’re not in order to gain social status. Wilde’s story bears many similarities to his own life, from the way he wrote his characters to the fact that he himself was passing as something he wasn’t. Wilde lived in the Victorian era, where people would dress in an exotic manner with many obscure fashion statements to appear as though they had money. Wilde was one of the more notable members of this subculture of people, and knew many others like him. His personal experiences led to his writing of “The Importance of Being Earnest”, made evident through his ability to give his characters their distinct personalities.

Mark Twain, the author shows the misfortune of two very young boys of different class in the book of, The Prince and the Pauper. The illustrious Prince of England, Edward, and the lowly, youthful beggar of London streets, Tom, incidentally exchange their positions in life. One, a great prince of a whole kingdom, reduced to a beggar, and the other, a beggar raised to a position of power and prosperity. As the real prince struggles to attain scarcely as much as a scrap of food in the streets of London, poor unfortunate Tom will have a nightmare to remember because this was the very thing he dreamt of , but now he wants nothing to do with it.. During this turmoil and historical occurrence not only the boys were perplexed, but also the imperial court of his majesty King Henry the VIII. The noble court heard a rumor that Prince Edward perchance has gone mad. As the boys embark on this new journey of their lives, the boys will see what life was like for both of them. In this incredible story the boys and other characters will experience struggle for survival, injustice, and loyalty.