The Prince
Machiavelli wrote The Prince to suggest new rulers or princes ways of being an effective ruler and how they should be perceived, specifically to be feared. Erica Benner wrote the article " From Machiavelli's Prince: A New Reading" in hopes of allowing readers a deeper insight into Machiavelli's The Prince and how it was viewed as a "godless handbook for tyrants" (Benner 300) Benner talks about the ironic techniques that Machiavelli uses to make his points of how to be an effective ruler and the ways young princes should maintain their power. She points out the writing of Machiavelli and how it " appeal constantly to stable standards of truth against falsehood and misleading appearances..." (Benner 306) It's interesting to point this out because, in The Prince, Machiavelli speaks a lot about imaging of a generous prince and how it can be misleading. Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli Santi di Tito The article that Benner wrote helped me unders...