Papers by Peter M Corrigan Jr.
Two men of the sixteenth century, one a failed Italian bureaucrat, the other a successful Englis... more Two men of the sixteenth century, one a failed Italian bureaucrat, the other a successful English playwright share very little in common and live hundreds of miles apart from each other with little evidence of either knowing the other existed. Yet, through the Dramas and Comedies of an ingenious Shakespeare, we uncover motifs of political Realism, and a general pessimism for the character of mankind. Through the works of Shakespeare and through Nicolo Machiavelli's, "The Prince," and "The Discourses," we may garner some insight into a comparable world perspective that would not become consistent with that of the general public until nihilism centuries later yet remarkably similar between two markedly different household names.
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Papers by Peter M Corrigan Jr.