<p>Soo..... this is due Tuesday the 9th- essay on Machiavelli's The Prince.. no prompt just a review of the book that had to include the purpose, biases, historical accuracy, general nature of material, and unique aspects of the account. The intro, conclusion, and in-text citations aren't complete- this starts with the thesis and then goes to body paragraphs, please ignore what is missing. KEEP IN MIND.. this is the first essay I've written in an AP class EVERR and I had very little time but please be honest and give your opinion and suggestions for improvement on this or future essays! I'd really like to know: Does it sound like I read and understood The Prince? Does this essay discuss important themes and ideas from The Prince? Anything I NEED to add?? You may e-mail me if you prefer also :) THANKS!!!!</p>
<p>In the form of a guide to princely power, Machiavellis The Prince failed in its efforts to gain favor of the new prince during the Italian Renaissance, shocked readers and critics of the sixteenth century with its new ideas of politics, and earned the modern title of one of the most important and influential books about politics ever written.</p>
<p>After being exiled from the political scene in Italy, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote The Prince as a gift to and in honor of Lorenzo de Medici, who was prince of Italy at the time. While the dedication on page 3 emphasizes his willingness to help the prince without any personal gain, many read this book as Machiavellis résumé to the Medici. (novels206) Whichever may be true, one can be sure that he failed in his efforts. Machiavelli never gained the favor of the Medici and the novel was not accepted until centuries later. Critics have always known The Prince to be thoroughly accurate in history, however. Burham, a critic of his work, stated there are no dreams or ghosts in Machiavelli.(truth&poetry) Most likely due to his experience in politics and great knowledge of the past, Machiavelli uses true historical examples to reinforce his thoughts and explain his reasoning throughout the novel. Readers of The Prince must keep in mind that it was written to advise anyone who might come into control of a Renaissance city-state, not to the general public and therefore, the morality and ethical behavior suggested is also only written to guide those.(novels215) Conclusion sentence to tie to theme of paragraph</p>
<p>Sixteenth century readers and critics were _ with the cunning, ruthlessness of the Machiavellian novel. While Machiavelli joined others in the similar genre and format of the classical and beginning of humanist times, the advice given and ideas about politics were completely conventional and new to all.(Philosophybites) Previous writers, such as Plato and Aristotle, related to politics as a branch of philosophy that dealt with morals; Machiavelli was the first to present the study of politics as a political science.(novels205) These revolutionary thoughts were not perceived well by the people and critics of Italy. Sidney Angelo says Machiavelli [was] depicted as the very hand of the devil in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.(novels213) Harsh contemporary criticism put The Prince on the Papal Index of Prohibited Books in 1559. (novels213) need to fit biases and uniqueness inside this paragraph somewhere</p>
<p>Like many other revolutionaries in history, Machiavelli is looked upon very differently in modern times. In the nineteenth century, critics looked back and priased The Prince, astonished by the theories of modernism that had been exhibited centuries before its time. Machiavelli had talked about the church as a political institution, discussing virtue and Christian values as a matter of convenience and claimed that the Pope did not have absolute divine knowledge, something that had not said before.(novels211/literaturestudy) The thoughts of Machiavelli are still relevant today: sometimes morality must be sacrificed to complete a goal, especially in politics, or as Machiavelli says it, the end justifies the means.</p>