The first line of the book talks about the "Veiled Lady,"" which is, of course, Priscilla. The book begins and ends with Priscilla. Throughout the book, Priscilla rarely stands on her own. ... By this time, too, the poor girl was enthralled in an intolerable bondage, from which she must either free herself or perish. ... (175) Again, Priscilla was not freed from bondage or sent to Zenobia, but rather freed herself and went to Zenobia. ...

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Booker T. ... Proof of this materialist thought comes from the book "The Great Gatsby- by F. ... The main character in the book, Jay Gatsby, was affluent, but it was all part of a dream, a dream that never expires, a dream that stayed with Gatsby till his dying day. ... He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. ... He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn't bear to shake him free-(155). ...

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Free-spending or Parsimonious The next attribute of a Machiavellian prince is whether the free-spending prince or the parsimonious, tightfisted prince makes for a better ruler. Machiavelli contends that while the free-spending prince makes himself popular only with the few who benefit from it, the tightfisted ruler wins the popularity of his subjects because he does not increase their taxation. ... Essentially, the only people benefiting from a prince's free-spending on monuments were the architects, engineers, and the artists whereas the common people carried the increasing financial bu...

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The word appears three times in Troilus and Criseyde, once in the above instance, and twice in Book III (Tatlock 294). ... It is interesting to note that the other two instances of the word "falsen- are associated with Troilus and how he will not falsen Criseyde. ... This is a clear reference to Dante, as he also calls upon the Holy Trinity in Canto 14 of the book of Paradise: "The One and Two and Three that there is King, And lives for ever Three and Two and One, By naught contained, containing everything- (28-30). ...

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After she is laid to rest in the family's crypt, the Friar and Romeo will secretly retrieve her, and she will be free to live with Romeo, away from their parents' feuding. ... After first kissing Juliet, she tells him "you kiss by th' book,"" meaning that he kisses according to the rules, and implying that while proficient, his kissing lacks originality (I.v.107). In reference to Rosaline, it seems, Romeo loves by the book. ...

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