Summary: Machiavellian Villain

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As I said in my post, and like you have stated in yours, doing wrong is the key. Richard is “making use of his wrong doings.” According Machiavelli's book, the key to being a successful leader actually has absolutely nothing to do with doing the right thing or being a nice person, but instead it has everything to do with being a bad person, doing wrong and knowing how to be manipulative and sneaky. Richard is a prime example of what a good Machiavellian villain is. I completely agree with you in saying that Richard doesn’t really mess up, you are right. All of his actions and everything he says is all a part of his grand scheme to make sure he becomes the new king. If he doesn’t get a response that he likes or one that is good enough he just

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