Active and passive are the two of verbs in a sentence.

the father traits is what becomes more dominate the mothers is half dominate or vise versa depending on the gender.

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"i did right in refusing to create a companion for the first creature. he showed unparalleled malignity and selfishness in evil: he destroyed my friends; he devoted to destruction beings who possessed exquisite sensations . ." (322).

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to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.