The fifteenth chapter of Niccolo Machiavelli’s novel, The Prince, focuses on the personalities and behaviors the prince should exhibit. The major purpose of The Prince was for Machiavelli to provide his own opinion and advice on the most effective way of ruling. He believes a prince should act in a practical manner and despite the praise or blame he might receive. Because princes live in the limelight, they are constantly judged by their actions. The novel explains how princes do not live in an ideal world and must act based upon reality. Machiavelli argues that because people can be cruel and immoral, a prince must defend his title, and combat with vices of his own. Princes can be put into situations in which they need to behave in ways that
