Friday, March 2, 2012

Men and Women are Merely Players-Greene R

A well known American author, Robert Greene wrote his opinion on role played by every human being in order to survive and gain power in their world. This review is based on an excerpt, Men and Women are Merely Players from one of his best-seller books, ‘The 48 Laws of Power’.

Actors who perform better in real life instead of theatrical life
Most of us may not agree with this statement but the truth is, everyone tend to appear nice, fair, civilized and decent in order to gain and achieve their own ambition and interest. Generally, these people only show their positive and good values to everyone but inwardly, they are charming, seducing and brilliant with a lot of tricks and strategies that can swindle their opponents and even friends to achieve things that benefits them. Apparently, these ‘actors’ are able to make people obey to their will without their realizing what the actors have done.



Innocence is the least innocent of all
Naïve and innocent people can be the best player among all class of people as they often exhibit their weakness and lack of power. They tend to show the good side and image to get others sympathy and attention. Making a show of one’s weakness is actually a very effective way, subtle and deceptive in the game of power to manipulate other’s mind.

In conclusion, each of the roles everyone performs is various and depends with the situation they have to experience. It is important to not to be to rigid and strict when playing their roles or else, these people will be controlled with greediness and pretentiousness in their life. People also must consider people around them have different intentions and behaviors, depend on how they view others.

‘Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good’ -Machiavelli

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