Great Books II   Spring 2007
  Reading Questions  
 

March 26

 

Dante - Paradiso

Keep reading one Canto aloud each day.

 

Machiavelli – The Prince

XVIII-XXVI

&

Richard III

Act 1 

Machiavelli:

  1. According to Machiavelli, a prince should be double minded. How so?

  2. To be Machiavellian is to be: _____?

  3. According to Machiavelli, where did Jesus go wrong?

  4. If power is the end, where is its locus?

 

 

Richard III:

  1. Image is everything. How so for Richard of Gloucester?

  2. What dualities are at work in the play? What is the fundamental duality?

  3. Which half of Richard holds the power?

  4. Expect to do a little Reader's Theatre.