Many literary works can contain related themes or literary devices. Although subject matter differentiates, the use of literary devices, such as word usage and imagery may be associated. Cocco 3 Niccolo Machiavelli as well as William Shakespeare incorporate the literary device of imagery through their works The Prince and Othello. ... Shakespeare uses the literary device of repetition to reinforce Othello's anger and frustration with Desdemona, when Othello rapidly and furiously repeats "the handkerchief" three times. This is an example of how many literary devices can be present in ...

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Marie De France, like Dante, has a distinctive literary form. ... For example, note that Francesca is the only female in hell who has a speaking part. ... Dante uses symbolism, characters and literary illustration, to impart his central message that the ultimate form of betrayal which stems from "love" (or, to the author, misguided romantic notion) is adultery. ...

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In 1368 Petrarch wrote De sui ipsius et multorum ignorantia (On his own ignorance and that of many others), which became a significant example of the contrast of humanism of the Renaissance to scholasticism of the Middle Ages. ... It was during this expulsion that he wrote The Prince, which not only was based on previous Roman political examples, but it combined some humanistic ideals into his innovatory view of the state. Machiavelli stressed the need to conquer new lands and for princes to maintain their power through any means necessary, using Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, and Julius II as h...

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