Lucrezia Borgia

In the film Wag the Dog, we are presented with a peculiar and humorous story surrounding government issues. The plot encircles leaked personal information of the president’s intimate life. Because the events took place during the president’s reelection campaign, his team was forced to fabricate a fake war between the United States and Albany in order to distract the public from the president’s scandal. After facing a few difficulties, the team was driven towards creating a second and third lie…

Machiavelli stated that he would choose fear when given the option of fear or love, and I have to agree with him. Fear is a strong emotion that when employed correctly against others can be a powerful tool to gain the power over a great number of people. Love can be lost readily; especially if not carefully monitored, nourished fittingly and/or taken by another. Fear can freely be applied and needs less monitoring and nourishing by the fear-instilling ruler of choice. Fear can be doled out by…

Machiavelli wrote ‘The Prince’ to tell others how he sees a good prince. He says a prince “in order to hold his position, must acquire the power to be not good, and understand when to use it and when not to use it, in accord with necessity” (The Prince ch15). He didn’t believe that humans are perfect because “But because no ruler can possess or fully practice them, on account of human conditions that do not permit it, he needs to be so prudent that he escapes ill repute for such vices as might…

Machiavelli’s Attitude Toward Human Nature: Is It Accurate? Machiavelli is often criticised for his attitude toward human nature, being seen as overly cynical of humanity. However, is this portrayal of Machiavelli warranted, or are his viewpoints justified? By analyzing key points made in The Qualities of the Prince and comparing these arguments to real world examples, it is possible to determine whether Machiavelli’s beliefs regarding human nature are sound. There is one portion of his essay…

The advice that is given by Machiavelli is presented in a very unscrupulous manner. Many of his recommendations are extremely harsh and immoral. When it comes to whether a prince should be loved or feared Machiavelli states it is better to be feared. It is considered to be alright if a prince has the reputation of being loved, but better to be feared than loved. Fear will captivate the citizens of the nation to do what the prince wants. The actions will be done out of pure fear of the…

“Chivalry: It's the little boy that kisses my hand, the young man who holds the door open for me, and the old man who tips his hat to me. None of it is a reflection of me, but a reflection of them.” -Donna Lynn Hope. The perspective of chivalry is constantly changing and is interpreted differently by each set of eyes. Back in the Middle Ages chivalry was a code of laws for the knights. Today we see the code of chivalry as much differently than what have in the past; however, chivalry today still…

In chapter 14, Machiavelli emphasizes that preparing for war is the crucial task for the rulers by asserting that “A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, than war and its rules and discipline”. With the knowledge of the “art of war”, a prince can not only rule efficiently, but also keep his state in the long term, preventing ordinary citizens becoming rulers. To demonstrate, Machiavelli recalled that Francesco Sforza’s sons condescended to become private persons from dukes because they…

Tracy Xayadeth Professor Simpson-Uruttia English 1A 30 January 2017 #5 pp. 235 Machiavelli's Controversial Statement In Machiavelli's "The Qualities of the Prince", he quotes, "A man who wishes to make a vocation of being good at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good" (pp.224, p.7). Machiavelli was an aristocrat whose fortunes wavered according to shifts in the power of Florence. He believes that a great majority of people are not good. It is necessary for a prince who…

not do anything about it. Borgia could though he didn’t have to, he executed D’Orco he did because he wanted to appear as favorable to the citizens. Machiavelli believes that Borgia was a good ruler because of his assassination of D’Orco. Machiavelli feels it was necessary for Borgia to gain the trust of his citizens. It was necessary to establish peace, trust, and order within the land when D’orco took over, he did it in a cruel manner and the citizens hated him. When Borgia killed him, he had…

The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is a political treatise/non-fiction book written as a guide for how to be an effective ruler. Machiavelli intends to guide rulers on how to seize a country and how to destroy an enemy. He writes about rulers of his time and the things they did well and did not do so well. His purpose was to right a book to advise the aristocracy in what they should do to rule effectively so government would be run in the way his mind pictured it. He told the world the truth…