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    theory” Machiavelli started writing his book The Prince in 1513 after he had just been kicked out of his dream job as a Florentine diplomat, arrested, tortured, then was bored out of his mind in exile. He used fear to get and maintain control of the power he gained and encouraged others to follow. His famous book The Prince was not published during his lifetime and was better known for his plays Mandragola and Clizia. Machiavelli’s book The Prince steered away from traditional good morals to…

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    The Machiavellian ruler is someone who leads with the primary goal of maintaining and enforcing his position. He manipulates, deceives, and is typically feared by his subjects. Furthermore, in The Prince he knows of elevated qualities but will decide to engage in cunning and without morality making him untrustworthy. Additionally, he believes in the power of his army and puts much effort, money and time into this pursuit to further establish his sovereignty. Finally, he displays the animalist…

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    Machiavelli’s The Prince, Machiavelli gives an instructional guide on how to gain and keep political power. This instruction manual gives essential strategies on how to achieve political dominance; if one uses these strategies to their full capability, then one achieves complete political dominance over their citizens and any opposition that may rise. Using Machiavelli’s writing is essential for political domination. President Trump’s political and professional career can be framed with The…

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    Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in chapter 15 of his famous work, The Prince that “it is necessary for a ruler, if he wants to hold on to power, to learn how not to be good, and to know when it is and when it is not necessary to use this knowledge” (Machiavelli, The Prince, 48). Throughout The Prince, Machiavelli emphasizes the importance of being crafty and the necessity of being violent. He makes it clear that in order to be a successful ruler, one does not always have to be good; moreover, one…

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    The Morals of the Prince is written by Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli; in which it was published as “The Prince,” in 1532 during the Renaissance era. Many of Machiavelli’s theories are birthed from the encounters of the Medici dynasty. Machiavelli wrote The Prince to exhibit how Princes ought to live versus how they truly live in terms of dealing with their subjects and friends. Machiavelli executes his claims successfully through the use of rhetorical appeals portrayed in this treatise.…

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    The Prince, written by Niccoló Machiavelli is a guide for ruling. In the opening chapters Machiavelli gives some basic knowledge to the readers so that they will be able to understand the scope of the book. Machiavelli explains that all states are either republics or principalities. The Prince focuses entirely on principalities because Machiavelli has already discussed republics in a different book. Throughout the rest of the book, Machiavelli explains many different qualities of a leader that…

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    Niccolo Machiavelli would not have written the Prince if his life were any different. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1469. In 1494 he became an Italian diplomat for the city of Florence. He served while the medici family, who were a wealthy bankers who had high political power in Florence, were in exile. One of Machiavelli’s duties included his creation and maintenance of the Florentine militia whom he created because of his lack of trust of militia’s. However, with help from Pope Julius…

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    Nicolo Machiavelli was of the former thinking. In his book “The Prince,” Machiavelli gives guidance on what believes to be the best practices for ruling. However, Machiavelli’s suggestions for ruling is all from the standpoint of fear, and not out of character. Ruling out of fear may work for a time, but given enough time the citizens will eventually conspire against the governing entity and form a revolt. Machiavelli wrote “The Prince” as a guide for ruling, governing, and maintaining…

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    difficult to unite them in one person,”Machiavelli was a realist and made a point of writing things as they were rather than as they should be, He knew the choice had to be made. His exile lead him to write the short book “the prince” to give as a gift to the ruling prince at the time. In the 17th chapter, in his guide to not only obitaining power but keeping it, Machiavelli states that it is better to be feared than loved if one cannot be both. Through out his/her rule, a leader must take on…

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    The Prince in Cinderella 2015 and Ever After play a key role, and the role of prince is pervasive in other versions of Cinderella. Prince’s role is to save Cinderella from the stepmother and to marry with her. Because of his role, princes in many different stories have very similar characteristics that are kindness and generosity and fall in love with Cinderella. Although many different actors played a character prince, this is what most people know and care about a prince in Cinderella stories.…

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