Part one of term paper
Machiavelli wrote a manuscript on how to be a better ruler. He had originally intended his works not to go public, but to be used privately by Lorenzo de Medici. To be a Machievellian Prince, one must have many great aspects. Hamlet and Claudius both wanted to be Machievellian Princes. Only one was a true Machiavellian Prince, Hamlet. A ...

Part two of term paper
... a long time. His idea was to kill the King of Denmark then marry the Queen out of good faith. The plan worked well, except he never had any intention of dying after becoming king. Hamlet had everything to gain, and nothing to lose. When he returned to Denmark from school, he was confronted with his father’s death and Claudius marrying his mother. “A little more than kin, and less than kind!,” Hamlet said in discust. As soon as Hamlet found out from the ghost about how his father reall ...