- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
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- Henry IV, Part 2
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- The Winter's Tale
A government secretary named Chevalley visits the Prince, inviting him to become a senator in the new Italian government. The Prince immediately refuses and then gives Chevalley an elaborate explanation for why he, like his country, can never fully participate in a modern Italy. A major reason is that Sicilians hate and resist action. Sicilians have spent centuries being colonized by others; even their culture is a mix of elements (Byzantine, Islamic, and Spanish, among others) that they did not create themselves.
The Prince suggests that it’s exhausting to live under the weight of others’ rule, and within a culture…