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Unlike his Roman and Renaissance sources, Machiavelli downplays the rape and suicide, denying the causal role in the revolution]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-5-yves-winter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-5-yves-winter</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hirohurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 04:44:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKfEkT6r5acesrzov8ynwhvURWPpQ6PDWZ6y91QxJY75Ucr7BZ1QjkFqZHiAjgdGoEdZqWpixkfb9iHwxGwcQqEMJX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 3; Comedy & Tragedy of Machiavelli]]></title><description><![CDATA[Essays on the Literary Works, edited by Vickie B. Sullivan Introduction Some scholars see Machiavelli as having a tragic view of life where fortune has the final say: Hanna Pitkin, Wayne A. Rebhorn, Giorgio]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-3-comedy-and-tragedy-of-machiavelli</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-3-comedy-and-tragedy-of-machiavelli</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hirohurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKdpvA3vPQGvHMoaYYc3CyYUsBQdoowkkdd4trpBqnLcYN9k2gB1CaFBSrpB9M1siH8mJJg3cDfUE5ft1byyZQCkMu8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 2; M. 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