Essays on The Prince

The teaching of Buddha has originally appeared in ancient India. It has travelled a long way through the mountains of Himalaya, the lands of China, hills and valleys of Korea. The whole century has passed until it finally reached the shores of Japan. It is considered that Buddhism came to Japan in the 6th century. In fact, Japanese chronicles note that Buddhism has appeared there much earlier together with Chinese and Korean settlers in the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century. However, the new teaching was not popular among the people with Shinto beliefs. For this reason, according ...

What I especially enjoyed about htis poem is its comic and sarcastic tone. The title ‘Cinderella’ leads us to expect a poem that deals with the world of fairy tales and a vaguely medieval setting, but Sexton achieves humor by defeating our expecatations in the first four verses. The first four verses reveal a recognisably modern world and this creates humor – modern details are juxtaposed with a very well-known fairy tale. In each of the first four stanzas Sexton describes a rags-to-riches story. Someone who is poor and unimportant, by a simple twist of fate or by hard work, becomes rich and successful. But each ...

Introduction

Born on 1469 in Florence Niccolo Machiavelli a government Clerk who quickly rose through the government ranks reached the position of secretary of the magistracy by 1500. Machiavelli was assigned his first diplomatic job to France. (Machiavelli, pg 120)He learnt the effect of having one prince to rule a united country. On arrival back home, Machiavelli found Florence on the verge of corrupts. He visited Cesare Borgia twice and found out that Cesare Borgia had avenged himself by killing two captains in Sinigaglia, he became a witness and wrote an account of the killings. “On the manner adopted by the Duke ...

The Qualities of the Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Qualities of the Prince (1513) carries political advice that many political analyst of today would find as practical as it sounds out fashioned. His instructions to the prince or ruler include the employment of controversial/unorthodox methods to maintain power and keep order. Machiavelli claims to base his rhetoric on “what is done as opposed to what ought to be done.” This paper considers Machiavelli’s rhetoric as presented in his work, “The Qualities of the Prince” and assesses the validity of his advice in the political scenario today.

The Role of the Prince in Military Matters

Machiavelli advises that a prince should take nothing ...

Question 1

Machiavelli praises skill in war because it is the only weapon that a prince can use to hold on to power. For instance, Machiavelli heaps praises on Caesar Borgia, who was a cruel and ruthless dictator, despised and looked upon by many people. The question is whether Machiavelli agrees with such actions from a leader. The answer is that he did not admire Caesar as a person, but he liked his quick and deliberate qualities. To Machiavelli, these qualities were important in uniting Italy.

Question 2

In dealing with the question of whether it is better to be loved than feared, Machiavelli says, “The answer ...