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…Many “gilded monuments” of ‘princes’ have risen over the ages, but they are swept aside by time. However, the poems and memories of loved ones “shall shine more [brightly]” than any statue in history, for all time. William Shakespeare in sonnet ‘55…

…in literary history be so generally odious." In this century, the left-leaning philosopher Bertrand Russell dismissed Machiavelli's masterpiece, The Prince, as "a handbook for gangsters." The 10th edition of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary informs latter-day…

…This story is about major diesis that passed through the country. It was a slow painful death. The diesis was called the "Red Death" when a person got that; they started to bleed through all the pores in the body. There was a prince his name…

…for the little child and takes the child to Corrinth. The child grows up and is named Oedipus. He is prince of Corrinth and he goes to a future teller when he is of age. The future teller tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother…

…a great advantage. More manuscripts were made available for the Italians, which led to the production of more intellectual leaders. The writing and speaking skills of humanism was soon demanded at the princely courts. Humanism transformed art, literature…

…Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Act 3 Scene 1- To be, or not to be Should I kill my fathers murderer, or not? What should I do? Would it be better for me to deal with my misfortunes, or should I fight against my many troubles…

…be too strong or too weak. Another goal was the Return of Monarchs. Louis XVIII issued a constitution to return. The Congress of Vienna wanted to redraw borders. The leaders payed little attention to the people when redrawing Europe. The Prince Metternich…

…Very little is known about prehistoric Cambodia, although archeological evidence has established that prior to 1000 BC Cambodians subsisted on a diet of fish and rice and lived in houses on stilts, as they still do today. From the 1st…

…In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince Hamlet replaces the letter that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are carrying to England with a forgery of his own making, thus sending these two men to their deaths. He does this without giving it a second thought…

…a transformation from little girl, who frequently was taken advantage of, to a mature young woman who could fend for herself, Cinderella, because of how at first all she dreamt of was marrying a prince(stereotypical behavior of the time) and then turned into someone…