The Prince

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Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26

Themes

All Themes Laws and Arms Fortune and Prowess Goodwill and Hatred Virtue vs. Vice The Masses and The Elite

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Niccolò Machiavelli Lorenzo dé Medici Cesare Borgia Alexander VI Ferdinand of Aragon Leo X Maximilian Charles VIII Louis XII Francesco Sforza Ludovico Sforza Hannibal Commodus L. Septimius Severus

Symbols

All Symbols The Fox and The Lion The Ancient World Disease

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26

Themes

All Themes
Laws and Arms
Fortune and Prowess
Goodwill and Hatred
Virtue vs. Vice
The Masses and The Elite

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Niccolò Machiavelli
Lorenzo dé Medici
Cesare Borgia
Alexander VI
Ferdinand of Aragon
Leo X
Maximilian
Charles VIII
Louis XII
Francesco Sforza
Ludovico Sforza
Hannibal
Commodus
L. Septimius Severus

Symbols

All Symbols
The Fox and The Lion
The Ancient World
Disease

Theme Wheel

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Jumper, Alexandra. "The Prince." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 5 Jan 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2020.

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Jumper, Alexandra. "The Prince." LitCharts LLC, January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2020. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-prince.

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