... Macbeth is the worst king followed by Richard III and then Claudius because Macbeth did not have the hearts of his people or an effective way to handle his kingship. Chapter fifteen of The Prince, is about how a prince should seem good but not necessarily act it. He must look like the "innocent flower" but be "the serpent under it" (Macbeth ... friend was evil but in order for his army to respect and honor him he had to follow the law and set the example by hanging Bardolph. In The Prince, chapter seventeen, Machiavelli explained that it is better to be feared than loved and just to avo...

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