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…Niccolo Macchiaveli was an Italian political theorist that lived from 1469 until 1527. Macchiaveli’s writings included The Prince (1513), which described the achievement and maintenance of power by a determined ruler indifferent to moral…

…to appear to be a leader. He must appear almost kingly to the English public. But the Prince was unattractive. He stood just a little over 5 1/2 feet tall with tiny spindly legs. His body was thin and weak. He walked with a stoop and he had a hunchback…

…, Prince Henry, has put off his future destiny as king but, as he explains in the opening scenes, he knows that he must put away this life to one-day answer the call as king. In this historical play, Shakespeare develops his characters and creates the fictional…

…, but each at different times. The Red Death indicates Scarlet Disease in the 1790's which Prince Prospero was trying to avoid. This is synonymous of the 21st century where many people will do anything to avoid death. The main character in this story is Prince…

…or emotionally. When Tybalt is killed Juliet’s father forces her to marry Paris. Tybalt was a kinsman to the prince and with him dead they are no longer related to the prince. But Paris is. So if Juliet marries Paris they will then be related to the prince again…

…invites himself to the Capulet’s part, he and Juliet experience love ant first sight. When Mercutio, Romeo’s friend and son of Prince Escalus, fights Tybalt, the kinsman to the House of Capulet, Mercutio dies. Romeo takes revenge of his friends death by killing…

…a prince, or ruler, must maintain his power. Machiavelli’s views revolved around the ideas that one must do anything within his power to keep the influence and power that he had attained. For him, anything that must be done in order not to lose the influence…

…in China, this is important because of the influence of Buddhism on the Chinese way of life throughout history.         Buddhism was founded by an Indian prince, Gautama Sakyamuni, who lived during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. He was the son…

…in Massachusetts called Wellesley High. You’ve probably heard of it. It’s filled with all these rich jocks walking around like they own the place, when they’re all about as dumb as a brick. When you see some hot shot football player swaggering around like a prince, you…

…for being a prince. Today Hamlet’s age group is more immature than during his own time so he relates to the youth of the 1990’s better than he does with the adolescents of his own time. Sarcasm, and blunt rudeness is often used by Hamlet in order to offend…