The Prince and Utopia
The Prince and Utopia
The Prince and Utopia are honored as masterpieces that show two differing styles of government. Both books have many similarities and differences in the governments that are in the their respective stories. Many ideas from the governments they portray have profound impacts on our modern government such as various political principles like the military, economy, and religion. The Prince and Utopia are both interesting novels that show creative styles of government. The Prince could be described as a guide to obtain and keep your power as a ruler while Utopia is describes itself as the most suitable style of rule and government. The Prince talks about how a ruler should always be on top of everything when it comes to ruling their subjects. This entire book shows how to take advantage of people and making sure that they are under your control. In Utopia, More provides an example of an ideal form of government from his perspective. In another way, its his example of a perfect society. The Prince and Utopia both talk about ruling, but are different in their form of government. A big difference in Utopia and the Prince is that Machiavelli believes that the ruler should be evil under all its intent and More wants a ruler who does not always need to strike fear into their citizens. Machiavelli explains that "people are by nature changeable." (The Prince) This quote shows that he believes it is easy to control people and provides his reasoning to write a book on what to do to look and be powerful. Machiavelli makes it important the regular human can be easily swayed when you are being seen as a powerful being. More's world may not be perfect, but it is the closest to an ideal society. The people in the world always act for the benefit of the whole society. They do not think of themselves but rather for the good of all the people so their world may progress. Another difference between the books is how both books treat gender roles.
The Prince and Utopia are honored as masterpieces that show two differing styles of government. Both books have many similarities and differences in the governments that are in the their respective stories. Many ideas from the governments they portray have profound impacts on our modern government such as various political principles like the military, economy, and religion. The Prince and Utopia are both interesting novels that show creative styles of government. The Prince could be described as a guide to obtain and keep your power as a ruler while Utopia is describes itself as the most suitable style of rule and government. The Prince talks about how a ruler should always be on top of everything when it comes to ruling their subjects. This entire book shows how to take advantage of people and making sure that they are under your control. In Utopia, More provides an example of an ideal form of government from his perspective. In another way, its his example of a perfect society. The Prince and Utopia both talk about ruling, but are different in their form of government. A big difference in Utopia and the Prince is that Machiavelli believes that the ruler should be evil under all its intent and More wants a ruler who does not always need to strike fear into their citizens. Machiavelli explains that "people are by nature changeable." (The Prince) This quote shows that he believes it is easy to control people and provides his reasoning to write a book on what to do to look and be powerful. Machiavelli makes it important the regular human can be easily swayed when you are being seen as a powerful being. More's world may not be perfect, but it is the closest to an ideal society. The people in the world always act for the benefit of the whole society. They do not think of themselves but rather for the good of all the people so their world may progress. Another difference between the books is how both books treat gender roles.