CAS WR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iter, Utopia, Close Reading
14 Feb 2017
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Drafts: lens were unclear, focus and narrow, to let the reader know what exactly the paper is about. Tell that machiavelli is used to analyze utopia structure: format of paragraphs: intro, then lens paragraph, then analyze utopia in terms of the lens. Close reading: redefine lens (one lens paragraph, identify idea and explain), all other paragraphs apply lens to utopia discovery draft: trial essay. Book 1: (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pass(cid:863), (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g o(cid:448)er(cid:272)o(cid:374)fide(cid:374)t duri(cid:374)g the (cid:449)i(cid:374)ter a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)pass (cid:271)ri(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g (cid:373)ore (cid:271)ad than good, connects to fortune in machiavelli focus on a narrower theme (fortune), recklessness. Use other sections of the prince if other chapters are more useful. Fortune: know when to be cautious and when to be rash, when to take risks and when to take precautions, ultimately it is better to be reckless because fortune can be beat down. Their courage comes from a metal device, not from their own soul.
