The Prince Analytical Essay

The Prince does not have characters that you would typically see in a novel. Instead, Machiavelli uses real people from current and past political situations as examples. As strange as it is, Machiavelli, the author, is actually a character, specifically the protagonist and the narrator, in “The Prince”. Machiavelli was a Italian diplomat. He was fired and thus, wrote The Prince during his exile (Shmoop). Machiavelli almost makes himself out as a magnificent human-being for constructing this plan on how to appropriately take-over a country and properly rule it. Readers of the novel often classify Machiavelli as an immoral, diabolical man, which is indeed apparent in this novel, but it should be taken into consideration that Machiavelli had just been fired from his dream job, jailed, tortured, and exiled. …show more content…
While the Medici family’s return was the reason of the firing of Machiavelli, he also dedicated The Prince to Lorenzo "Il Magnifico" de' Medici, and he also deemed them as the “saviors” of Florence. In the twenty-sixth chapter, the last chapter, Machiavelli pleads Lorenzo de' Medici to take reign of Italy. While Machiavelli was quite angry that the Medici family had fired and exiled him, he thought that they were the only hope for Florence’s future (Cliff Notes). The Prince is a novel that is full of examples of actual events that had taken place and therefore, there are numerous secondary characters throughout the book. Cesare Borgia is the single-most important secondary character. Machiavelli mentions Borgia multiple times throughout the novel. It is quite apparent that Machiavelli greatly admires Borgia. Borgia is Machiavelli’s main example of a prince who has great prowess in leading a