The answer is:
Machiavelli forces readers to carefully consider the meanings of the words merciful and mercy.
In the passage from "The Prince," the author Niccolò Machiavelli mentions the words mercy and merciful intending to make readers contemplate their meanings with special circumspection. Thus, <em>mercy </em>is compassion towards somebody one can hurt or punish, and <em>merciful </em>means benevolent. In that respect, Machiavelli suggests that an unsympathetic ruler can preserve power rather than a compassionate one.
Answer:
Chinese parents controls their kids whereas western parents can't.
Explanation:
There is a great difference between Chinese and western parental mind-sets because Chinese parents controls their kids whereas western parents gives freedom to their kids. Chinese parents control their kids through shaming, love, or giving punishments which has a good effect on them while on the other hand, western parents do not give punishment to their kids which disobey their parents when they grown up so controlling method is the difference between Chinese and western parents.
Answer:
They were expensive because people with special skills were needed to produce them.
Explanation:
The text doesn't say anything about the last two options, and not only wealthy people bought them. They weren't rare either.
