Bibliography lists one source. Machiavelli outlines the tactics which he sees important in a ruler advancing the interest of their states and themselves in the future in a unified Italian state. Emphasizes that while these writings could be defended as indicative of Machiavelli's virtuosity and high morals, however, they are really more indicative of a man for whom the end justified the means regardless of how immoral and condemnable those means may have been. Bibliography lists 8 sources. The paper focuses on Petrarch's literary criticism and letters, particularly the 'Letter to Posterity' and 'The Ascent of Mt. Ventoux', and is both historical and literary in orientation.
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No additional sources cited. This 6 page paper looks at the way in which sickness is depicted in this Italian classic. The sickness is of the mind and of the soul, and is manifested by the unsuccessful search for a cure and a journey of self realization and self delusion by the main character Zeno, an sad, adulterous and nicotine addicted man. The bibliography cites 1 source. A 6 page paper which examines how the theme of the strong and assertive female connects the two stories.