N Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of The Prince.
Which option best states the main idea of the
passage?
Albo
But when cities or countries are accustomed live
under a prince, and his family is exterminated, they,
being on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the
other hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in
making one from amongst themselves, and they do not
know how to govern themselves. For this reason they
are very slow to take up arms, and a prince can gain
them to himself and secure them much more easily.
But in republics there is more vitality, greater hatred,
and more desire for vengeance, which will never permit
them to allow the memory of their former liberty to rest;
so that the safest way is to destroy them or to reside
there.
O Former republics are more difficult to rule than
hereditary states, and they will rebel if they are not
tightly controlled.
o The strategies for controlling hereditary states and
former republics are the same.
O Hereditary states come with a history that must be
deeply understood if a new prince is to control them
easily.
Hereditary states never forget their former loyalties,
so they are hard to control,
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don't hold me on this but it should be b

answer: e

explanation:

i could of w this question but i don't see a " passage " .

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sorry ! ):

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.