Posted in Renaissance Lit on Apr 25th, 2009 29 Comments »
I am reluctant to post another question about The Prince as I recently discovered that one student plagarized all three of their responses with help from Spark Notes. (Don’t ask me who it is, I’m not going to tell you.)
So here is your question: What do you think I should do about this and what would [...]
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Posted in Renaissance Lit on Apr 17th, 2009 26 Comments »
Though it is anyone’s guess how many people have actually read The Prince, Machiavelli has entered our language – according The American Heritage Dictionay, Machiavellian means “suggestive of or characterized by expediency, deceit and cunning” and carries a very negative connotation. Does Machiavelli deserve the negative connotation attached to his name? Why or why not?
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