Machiavelli claims for a pragmatic view of state policy.
Explanation:
Machiavelli's claim in the passage is that leaders must
instill fear into the society or the place that they have conquered only then will they be able to hold it.
According to him if the person is unable to hold the people with fear they will revolt sooner or later.
Machiavelli's evidence includes the fall of the city states of Italy and how the unison of other countries has been brought about by the force of some strong noble somewhere.
Answer:
The storm is being personified in lines 16-17 of The Tempest.
Explanation:
Personification means giving human traits to an inanimate object. Personification is a literary device used by many authors to add depth and interest to their writing.
In lines 16-17 of The Tempest: "You are a councilor.
If you can command these elements to silence and work the peace of the present,
we will not hand a rope more"
The elements in question refer to the storm, which was given a human trait with the sentence 'if you can command these elements to silence...'.
You can command or silence a person, but you can't do that to a storm.
So, the statement personified the storm (elements) with the human trait of being commanded and silence.
