Power And Legitimacy In King Henry IV

Machiavelli states that a prince should regard himself miserly, so his people may believe that he is investing in the commonwealth. Liberality will lead to increased taxes to support a prince’s lavish spending. Therefore, a lavishly spending prince will only be hated and untrusted by his people, which will lead turmoil. In addition, a prince that strays from generosity will be regarded as a miser. While stinginess might lead to shame, generosity will lead to contempt.

In many places, the rulers have to handle almost every problem. The king is merely wondering why he’s the only one that can’t sleep. With the diction, we know how he is both distressed and angered by this. Even saying “O sleep! O gentle sleep!”, the king is almost groveling at it.

Shakespeare’s play, Richard II, portrays a king that was not born to be one and how thinking like a man could be a king’s ultimate flaw; because a king needs to be strong enough to handle the weight of the crown and selfless enough to be humble before his

The Pearl over took Kino 's life. The once content and loving man has become greedy. His spiritual ideals were out away and replaced with the need of money and objects. When Kino thought this way he was giving into the colonial life style. The colonists strived for more and now that Kino is blessed with this majestic item he is blinded by a craving to be better than his surroundings.

The Reality of Kingship In the Henriad Both historical and modern royal lives are envied by the common man. People observe the endless services, elegant clothing, and extravagant property provided to royalty and wish they, too, could have royal blood. The most envied royal position is the King who has the most power and seemingly convenient life. What seems like a dream to the observer is a nightmare to the participant.

Without moral discipline, anarchy would arise- boundary, order, and control would cease to exist. Every day, humankind is in a constant battle between right and wrong, good and evil. Even a once noble person will turn to greed, betrayal, and guilt when deprived of their morals. The deprivation of morality and its effects reflect itself within the story The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were once noble people, but when exposed to the possibility of power and control, they turn corrupt, allowing their sinister thoughts to consume them.

Therefore, Hammurabi’s code of law was unjust because it allowed the strong to hurt the weak with minor

Shakespearean plays have given John the knowledge to understand and express emotions, which criticizes the values of the World State as it tries to destroy any human emotions besides happiness. By utilizing so many Shakespearean quotes, Huxley contrasts the ideologies of Shakespeare with those of the World State and how it can be detrimental to maintaining stability within the World State. A most unhappy gentleman Two Gentlemen of Verona (V, iv) 1. This quote means a sorrowful man.

Nevertheless, in one of William Shakespeare’s acclaimed plays about this monarch’s life, Henry V, Shakespeare depicted Henry as far from an ideal king, even though he may have displayed certain admirable qualities at times. Shakespeare showed Henry V to be a flawed king, as demonstrated by his motives, aggression, and lies. First, Shakespeare displayed Henry V’s flawed character through his mixed, conflicting motives of self-abandon for God’s sake and self-glorification for his own. Throughout the play, we find hints that a desire to do God’s will motivated Henry V. Before declaring war against France, he sought the approval of God by way of the established English ecclesiastical authority, and even when he believed he was justified in his claim to rule France, he understood his duty to his Lord, saying, “For we have now no thought in us but France, / Save those to God, that run before our business” (1.2.315-316).

Macbeth is excited, but Banquo admits that sometimes evil comes by rewards that ruin lives. Macbeth says to himself, “If chance will have me king, why, chance may/ crown me,/ Without my stir” (Act I. Scene iii. Lines 157-159). Macbeth does not want to use power to get the crown, but the stereotypical gender role of man is to use power to get what they want. He is willing to just wait for it to happen which is more normally seen as something a woman would do.

Henry took control of the situation by demolishing the illegal castles built in Stephens’s reign the barons saw this as an attack on baronial power but the king was asserting his authority and keeping the barons on a tight leash to prevent them from becoming too powerful. Furthermore Henry had the problem of resolving the splits in the country which had caused confusion. During Stephens reign there were resentments from supporters. Henry had to regain the support of his people as he would not have been able to

Knowing that Meighen would become Prime Minister if he did not intervene, he believed that Arthur Meighen would not be able to govern. But only he himself would be up to the task. Julian even warned king of trying to gain the seats the progressives had, saying, “ See the position, you will be at the mercy of the progressives, you will have to go to them, or be at their bidding, the country will say you are caring only for the office, and the fruits of office, they will tear at you.” Even after hearing this remark King still believed that Arthur was incapable of carrying on his Majesty’s government. To see Arthur unable to take office and usurp his government King was willing to go to almost any length to remain as or become Prime Minister.

Leading so far that Macbeth then takes the life of Banquo. Macbeth’s life was altered when he and Lady Macbeth chose the bloody path to take the throne. Their emotions and feelings changed after that day. They began to hurt inside, feeling nothing or hopelessness.

One major issue people have is alcoholism. Alcoholism is the dependence on alcohol. This happens when you abuse alcohol so much you have physically and mentally became addicted to alcohol and need it in order to feel able to function through the day. In Hamlet, young lord Hamlet says “The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse. Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels; and as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down.

In The Happy Man’s Shirt the theme is loyalty and finding happiness. Everyone wants each other to be happy. This is the theme because in the passage it states “Look for a happy man who’’s happy through and through, and exchange your son’s shirt for his.” (The Happy Man’s Shirt Page 1) Which basically is describing how the father wants the prince to be happy, but the prince also wants to father to be happy. Which when the prince told the father to find a happy man, his father set out a search all around the world in search of a happy man.