Dishonesty In The Prince

In order to maintain good behavior and relationship, betraying friend should be

Claiming that he never truly did love her and proving that her father was right about him, “You should not have believ’d me, for virtue cannot/ so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it/ i lov’d you not.” (3.1.117-19) Hamlet’s motives for doing this could be to keep Ophelia out of everything and to not bring her anymore pain if anything was to happen to him as he went through with his plans. It could also be that he is still acting out as the anger/sadden son and that he needs to keep up with the act of seeming crazy to the onlookers. This action also connects to multiple other hasty and rash doings by hamlet that in a way is cutting of ties to his “old life” before he was visited by his father’s ghost and that thinking to himself, that if he’s going to succeed after everything he’s already done, he’ll need to cut ties to anybody that he could at one point had attachments to. There are hints in the line that Hamlet says to Ophelia after saying they need to make themselves clean of this relationship and cut all ties they had with each other from the past.

Machiavelli says it is better to be feared. He states in the text The Prince, Chapter IV , “Therefore a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not to mind the reproach of cruelty; this means that as long as Machiavelli does this he is allowed to be cruel. If you are one who shows mercy that will allow “disorders to arise, from which allow murders or robberies. ” When you show that you have a soft spot that is when you will began to get walked all over and people will take advantage.

Before the battle Oliver urges Roland to sound the Olifant. Oliver does not see winding the Olifant as a dishonorable thing to do. He wants to defeat the Saracens for his king and thinks that they would better do that with back-up. However, Roland does and so he does not blow it. “God forbid / A deed of mine bring shame upon my kin / And lovely France be shamed for what I did.”

Hence, Brutus fully trusting Antony to keep his promise demonstrates his naivety. It is his nobility that prevents him to see that others may not be as noble as he is. As a consequence, Brutus’s nobility leads him to his

Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. Machiavelli was believed to be one of the most contentious political philosophers of his time. Machiavelli began working in the Florence government at a young age, employed as a "Florentine secretary." Throughout his employment with the government of Florence, Machiavelli started to notice the power that one person had over an entire country. In 1513 Machiavelli wrote what would become one of his most well-known works “The Prince,” in which Machiavelli voices his political concepts of ruling a country.

As power changed hands many unqualified people took the throne. It did not matter if these people had royal blood,for it did not affect their ability to lead. The worst leaders are the people who are selfish, whereas they only act when it was beneficial to themselves. These leaders have a fear of change,as a result this fear made them execute any person that said words against them. The lousy leaders have poor character,in fact they lack any sort of integrity.

He cannot be too generous, because that increases people 's expectations of him and it is impossible to keep buying the people 's love as the price gets too high. Yet, the prince should not be hated due to his violent nature, because that rises up. The prince should act in ways that keep him in power and maintain his own power. He should be able to read the character and motives of others in order to use them for his own ends.

As Machiavelli stated in the second sentence of the source, “It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with…” Machiavelli claimed that a prince must not put all of his faith in the people because they will turn against you whenever there is a difficult time. He instead explains that it is better to instill fear in the common people to avoid hatred amongst the people. He support the leadership on fear and power. He states that it is important to instill fear because the common people will look to him for assistance instead of hating him in times of need. There was a similar idea for leadership by Thomas

The statements mentioned by Machiavelli are words of advice for the prince to be as successful as possible during his time ruling. Although I myself am not a prince, I can analyze these statements using my own morals, which align with Machiavelli's point of view. When needed, the prince must take action to procure money, which could be done through raising tax prices excessively. According to Machiavelli, “This will begin to make him hateful to his subjects and, if he becomes impoverished, he will be held in low regard by everyone” (55). By this, I think he means that if the prince has not developed a good relationship with his people, he will not be accepted when he must make decisions that affect them.

However, Machiavelli warns that “a Prince should inspire fear in such a fashion that if he do not win love he may escape hate.” (Machiavelli 44). His ruination of the reputation of the King of Thebes and the father of his household begins when he accuses his subjects and becomes stubborn to make a compromise. For example, Creon accuses the soldier of taking bribe and not following his order. Creon even threatens the guard to execute for the “treasonous gain” if he does not find the real culprit.

They weren’t a very merciful people. If you made a mistake, you would immediately have to pay for it. No leniency was given. King Hammurabi wanted to make sure that crime was stopped, or at least reduced. Another point made about their civilization, at the top of the hierarchy ladder was the King.

“I won’t let you coax me into wasting my time with the likes of you, since I won’t be the one getting hurt.” Turning aside, he made ample room for him to pass, but there was just something about this young man’s attitude that aggravated him beyond reason, and although, he knew he should let it end here, he couldn’t. “You do realize, you will only bring embarrassment to the house of Gashard, furthermore, your friends won’t be there, this time, to help you, nor will your family’s armor and weapons be of any value, forcing you to rely on what little skill you possess, and, Gisholt, we both know that you, even on your best day, can’t defeat me and never will.”

While this movie may not be for everybody it does contain an interesting and controversial commentary on society. It seems that the primary message argued in A Clockwork Orange is that through abuse Alex has been considered cured, people must not be used as scientific experiments even if the experiment is for the greater good of society. The needs of the many do not outweigh the rights of one and by breaking this moral code by the elected officials drastically changes the way the society favors their government and its practices. Social engineering is not the answer to eliminate a disruptive youth culture and maintaining order within society. Violent impulses, sexual urges, the enjoyment of music, participating in social camaraderie are all essential parts of the human experience and eliminating any part of that experience would eliminate what it means to be a

Demagogues such as himself threaten the very foundation of republic virtue because their actions are not restrained by obligation to their brothers. When a man loses his capacity to sympathize, the most remarkable quality of human nature we have at our disposal, then that man is no longer driven by the general will and has proven himself a danger to all