Write a five-paragraph essay that compares the leadership style of a modern-day world leader to Machiavelli’s ideas about effective leadership as set forth in The Prince. Machiavelli said that leaders should "proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity.” Choose a world leader and discuss how this leader does or does not represent Machiavelli’s ideas in action. Describe specific decisions that the leader has made, and analyze how they compare and contrast with Machiavelli’s thinking in The Prince. Be sure to cite the sources of your information below the essay.

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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