Rimini Essays

Shiji is considered to be a historical document, and marks the beginning of the proper Chinese historiography – it is a result of the effort of two generations to collect and compile the historical evidence from more than two millennia. However, it could also be viewed as a literary work, not merely a record of historical events. I would say that Sima Qian, as a writer, has his own unique style, and acts not only as a compiler of historical records, but also as a story-teller. I thought that if

Violence is caused by power. This epic theatre deals with politics and social issues in very dark times were every king has their own method to become successful. Although the consequences that comes with it, kings avoid failure by choosing methods that can lead to unethical behavior. A king that is considered to be successful is achieving the title at the expense of somebody else. What causes a king in to considering violence? First, I believe that the fear of failure make kings to consider violence

In chapters six and seven of his book, “The Prince”, Niccolo Machiavelli stated that the difficulty in keeping and maintaining new principalities depends on how the prince acquired them. The principalities can be acquired either by one’s own arms and abilities or by the arms of others and by relying on luck or good fortune. Although the two options will both mitigate different problems and issues, Machiavelli argues that those who rely least on good fortune will come out the strongest. In this chapter

Power is not evil, it is the user that makes it evil. Machiavelli, a controversial figure in political history left a legacy of brutal reality which disturbed many people. Niccolo Machiavelli’s, The Prince explores the groundbreaking ideas for a prince to secure the leading position in government and retain his power and leadership. Human nature combined with power has the possibility of becoming tragically destructive. However, that wreckage stems from the environment, and the actions displayed

The lustful are never going to be left in peace, especially due to the lives they have affected. These intense feelings that have condemned these characters to the Inferno were because these feelings were unnatural, for example, with Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta. Francesca fell in love with her husband's younger brother, Paolo, and through, “...reading led our eyes to meet, and made our faces pale, and yet one point alone, defeated us” (Alighieri, 80). There was an intense illicit feeling

swept helplessly through the stormy air. Dante immediately feels sympathy for these souls, because they are basically damned by love. One soul named Francesca, tells to Dante how love was her downfall. Already married, she fell in love with Paolo da Rimini, her husband’s younger brother. One day they could not resist kissing, and Francesca’s husband had the young lovers killed. Now Paolo and Francesca are doomed to spend eternity in the Second Circle of Hell. Upon hearing this, Dante is overcome with

such as Cleopatra, Helen, Semiramis and Dido. Dante talks to Francesca (soul) and hears her tragic story of how she and her lover ended up in hell. Francesca was married an old and deformed man named Gianciotto however she fell in love with Paolo da Rimini Gianciotto’s. She tells Dante how they confessed their love for each other as it states in the book, We were reading one day, for pleasure, of Lancelot, how Love beset him; we were alone and Without any suspicion. When we read……. And I fell as a dead

Divine Retribution In the beginning of Dante’s Inferno, Dante is met by the spirit Virgil, who proposes to guide him through the nine circles of hell. The theme of divine retribution is seen all throughout The Inferno. Dante describes divine retribution as “the punishment fitting the crime.” Each circle of hell represents a different kind of sin. The reason behind each circle of hell in the book is because each sinner receives the punishment fitting the crime they have committed while they were on

The movie The Village showed mixed elements of both Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism. Dark Romanticism means the dark part of nature and the human soul while Transcendentalism means the opposite of Dark Romanticism which means they see the good side of nature and human soul. These mixed characteristics were shown in the movie like gothic symbolism, darkness or madness of the human mind, and love in nature. The village was about people who went away from society to live in a simple life away

Betrayal and distrust can break even the strongest of relationships. When those we love, leave us or let us down, we can isolate ourselves and make it difficult for them to come back into our lives. Broken relationships can seem unfixable when we refuse to admit our mistakes and mend them ourselves. Throughout The Piper’s Son, Tom must rebuild all the broken relationships in his life. He must realise what he has done and forgive his closest friends. He needs to right his wrongs with his family and

This is a rendition of the X Canto of Dante's Inferno. The way how the poem is iterated is in the style of a short story. The characters that are all associated within the text are still in and the liberties taken amongst the essay is the dialogue has been made to fit more along the style of a short story but the whole concept of the poem still holds true. The story that the X Canto tells is Dante and Virgil going through the sixth circle of hell, where all the heretics are at. Dante then has a conversation

Greed In Literature A timeless theme is a perception about the human existence that will always apply to human nature no matter what time in history. The audience will always understand the theme as a timeless theme will always utilize the human experience. One of the many timeless themes frequently explored in literature is the theme of greed. Rapacity has been relevant to human life for thousands of years and will continue to be applicable for all the years to come. Greed is an excessive self-centered

The Kiss v. Gnaw “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see” (Edgar Degas). There are hundreds of artworks in progress right now, all around the world, and every single one of these pieces have a common goal, as all art does, which is to communicate. An artist aspires to express themselves and their ideas to others through their work, therefore every piece they make tends to have some underlying, or obvious, meaning for their viewer to interpret. The Kiss and Gnaw share the same goal

SELF CONTROL In the 1960s, a Stanford professor named Walter Mischel began conducting a series of important psychological studies. During his experiments, Mischel and his team tested hundreds of children — most of them around the ages of 4 and 5 years old — and revealed what is now believed to be one of the most important characteristics for success in health, work, and life. The Marshmallow (Candy) Experiment The experiment began by bringing each child into a private room, sitting them down in

In the novel Saving Francesca, the author Melina Marchetta thoroughly portrays the toll that depression can take on a family as a whole as well on an individual; whilst accurately depicting the complexities of what it means to be a teenager dealing with those around you with mental illness. Saving Francesca exposes the reader with themes such as identity, transition, change, friendships, family and perception; and confronts the reader with the reality of depression, showing how unexpected the illness

that was not entirely the case. Jackson was neither anti-republican nor the most Republican person one can imagine. On a scale of -5 to 5, with -5 being anti-republican and 5 being extremely republican, I would rate Jackson as a -1. According to Rimini, “Jackson himself was fiercely committed to democracy.”

Renaissance is known as the period of the rebirth of classical culture. Renaissance architecture is focused on geometry, proportions and symmetry. The plans of renaissance buildings are square shaped, symmetrical and proportional. The basic design elements were a variety of styles referred to as Architectural Orders. Architectural Orders are different styles, which are distinguished by the type of column used and also by the details and proportions. Architecture went hand in hand with sculpture and

Canto 5 explores the destructive nature of love and desire, highlighting the consequences of succumbing to earthly passions and the importance of avoiding temptation in the search for redemption. Minos (5:4) is introduced as the judge of the Second Circle of Hell. He is a mythical figure from Greek mythology who was believed to be the son of Zeus and Europa. In the Inferno, Minos is depicted as a monster with a coiled tail, who assigns the condemned souls to their appropriate levels of punishment

When reading a book, you might see a passing or casual reference we cal that allusion. There is few famous allusion that can be named such as in the Da Vinci Code Jesus and Leonardo da Vinci is mention throughout the book Jesus & Leonardo da Vinci is both a literary allusion used in that book. This research paper will be focused on allusion of Paolo & Francesca in the book Inferno. Inferno was a long narrative poem written circa 1308–21 by Dante. It is usually held to be one of the world’s great

The second circle is the circle of the lustful, here Dante meets Francesca da Rimini and her lover, Paolo. When Dante asks for their story, Francesca states that she and Paolo were reading Lancelot, and at the part where Lancelot kisses Guinevere, Paolo kisses her. When her husband found out, she and Paolo were killed, and Francesca