HAMLET'S FAMOUS SOLILOQUY AND MACHIAVELLIAN SENSE OF BEING AND ACTING

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:35:25
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 6 pages (1542 words)
9. "Hamlet" is famous for its soliloquies. Choose one and carefully explain its meaning and its significance for the plot. You may consider issues from any of the above questions, but please be sure to relate the soliloquy to Machiavelli. HAMLET'S FAMOUS SOLILOQUY AND MACHIAVELLIAN SENSE OF BEING AND ACTING <Tab/>Niccolo Machiavelli, in his book, "The Prince" is brave enough to give the leaders of his day a guide for leadership. …
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…because, taking everything into account, he will find that some of the things that appear to be virtues will, if he practices them, ruin him, and some of the things that appear to be vices will bring him security and prosperity." (51, Machiavelli) In Machiavellian sense, if Hamlet had put a side his honor and moral principles, he would have been successful and would have handled absolute power and prosperity. Virtue is nothing except seizing time.
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