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According to journalist William Zinsser, a writer must be clear in order to write well. A writer who fills his/her pages with pretentious words, flattery prose, or intricate syntax clouds up his/her sentences and prevents the reader from fully understanding the message at hand. Therefore, Zinsser contends that good writing is achieved when bombastic language and confusing words are avoided. Indeed, stripping “every sentence to its cleanest components”, removing excess verbiage, and molding words

In the fourth chapter of Machiavelli's Prince, he doesn’t tell his readers the right or wrong ways to conquer a country, instead he spells out both options for leaders and their advantages and disadvantages. Machiavelli uses examples that were world famous. They are empires that shaped the world his readers lived in, and still shape the world modern readers live in. He uses names that would have been household names, Darius, Alexander the Great, the Turks etc. Machiavelli uses approachable language

Acquiring and Maintaining Power Niccolo Machiavelli sets an overarching theme in his book The Morals of the Prince, he makes it clear that a Prince is to do all that he can to acquire and maintain a state of power. Throughout his eighteenth chapter “The Way Princes Should Keep Their Word”, Machiavelli discusses two methods of fighting. One being through the means of law, which comes naturally to a menthe second being through the usage of force, that has two subordinate categories ,this method comes

his work, The Prince, Machiavelli references dozens of infamous men and women who are leaders and rulers in their own right. However, he recognizes them for many failures rather than for their successes and conquests. Machiavelli attributes the failure and blame entirely to the fact that none of the mentioned individuals properly adhered to his “rules”. Machiavelli meticulously describes and outlines his ideas of what essential “Prince” qualities are, hoping that someone who reads them will follow

Shakespeare and Machiavelli are presenting servants and their masters in their plays. Servant’s duties are not presented, but by examining their servitude, it is apparent where the servants are reliable and where it is acceptable to fire the servant. These differences are very apparent and give a clear representation of how servants should behave and their relationships to their masters In the “Sonnet 57”, the servant gives his or her undying love and devotion and is unquestionably obsessed with

Daniele Citti Professor Brusseau Final Draft 16 October 2014 To Be Loved, or to Be Feared? That is the Question. Question: Should a leader be feared over being loved? Machiavelli’s The Prince is an influential text that has long been a guideline for our leaders ever since it was originally published in 1532 for Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici. It describes, in detail, the cunning, unscrupulous methods that a prince who may be reading can acquire political power and maintain it. Though it provoked

In the second to last chapter of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the relationship between fortun' and virtu in order to achieve a prince's success. In Machiavelli's reasoning, fortune controls over half of human agency, letting natural circumstance influence the rest. If fortune did not operate, all of a prince's virtù would be for nothing. The complementary roles of fortune and virtue do not give a prince complete control at ruling to his own capabilites - if a prince can use his virtù to deal

Phuc Pham Amalia Herrmann Humanities Core H1AS 28024 11 December 2014 Synergy to Success The key to success is not intelligence alone, but virtue. Nothing in the world is able to take the place of virtue; not talent, determination nor fortune. In The Prince by Machiavelli, the term virtue implies valor, courage, character, power, and masculinity. By analyzing the guide to become a prince, one can determine the characteristics that portray virtue to exhibit one’s capability to overcome difficulties

In The Prince Machiavelli speaks about virtue, and describes many of his characters to be virtuous. Machiavelli’s ideal virtuous leader must have the ability to avoid fortune, ability to use one’s own arms, and being a virtuous leader involves skill, therefore, to gain and remain in power. Machiavelli’s example of Hannibal in The Prince teaches us that having virtue or being virtuous is to remain in power with the use of force. In chapter seventeen Hannibal is portrayed as being cruel; maintains

A ruler is an individual who exercises dominion, in most cases to supervise the region they reside. Since rulers usually directly impact the lives of residents where they rule, it is appropriate the residents form opinions on them. Niccolo Machiavelli writes in, The Prince, that one should avoid disdain and hatred by the people they govern. Throughout this essay, Machiavelli repeatedly cites the mistakes of past emperors. Additionally, Machiavelli employs this repeated structure to exhibit to his