In this unit, you have been studying the theme of war and peace. this theme is present in many items besides literature. for this required chat, go online and find two songs related to war or to peace. some suggestions might be metallica’s “one,” u2’s “sunday bloody sunday,” michael franti’s “ bomb the world," or lenny kravitz’s “we want peace.” answer the following questions and summarize them in a paragraph in preparation for your required chat with your teacher. how does each song interpret the theme of war or of peace? does each author directly state what they mean in the song or are there places where you have to figure out what is really meant? (for example, does the writer use satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement.) provide at least one specific example from one of the songs. how do the songs represent the historical time period in which they were written? you will have to conduct research to answer this question.

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim