I will look carefully for citations this time. Please be sure to have a works cited page and to cite every quotation you include in your essay.Also avoid two pitfalls: Do not engage outside sources; use your two pages to analyze the assigned readings closely. Do not construct an argument about today, even if it is tempting to apply Machiavelli to today’s politics. In these history papers, practice analysis of the past.Your broad prompt: In The Prince, how do Renaissance values influence Machiavelli’s worldview? To what extent are they present, absent, or exceeded? About two or three double-spaced pages.Your task: Articulate a narrower research question that addresses one facet of this prompt. Include your research question in your introductory paragraph; be sure also to include your argument (thesis statement).Examples of narrower questions (you may use one of these, or take them as inspiration):Machiavelli comments often on the nature of the people, the masses. What is that nature? Does he consider the people to be different in nature than elites?
To what extent is Machiavelli’s understanding of time, progress, or the way people interact with Nature or Fortune modern or pre-modern?
Machiavelli constructs a particular type of masculinity in his prince. What does that masculine nature look like? Are there women in his discussion? Is femininity described either directly or by contrast to masculinity?
As Machiavelli suggests ways for the prince to perfect his rule, is he pursuing a humanist perfection of the individual (virtù) or something else?
Machiavelli’s morality is rooted in context. Right action on the part of the prince is not the same action in every situation. How does this chameleon-like prince, or Machiavelli’s brand of morality, indicate his reading of Renaissance values?
How could you use the structure of the text to discuss Machiavelli’s understanding of Renaissance values? Does the fact that he studies secular history, or that he argues that politics is a man-made art, play a role in your analysis?Please follow the article from (Machiavelli, The Prince, Dover Thrift) Machiavelli ch. 1-10, Machiavelli ch. 14-18, 25-27
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