Analyzing Ideas, Structure, and Purpose in Machiavelli’s The Prince
Question 9 of 15 • English 10B Blended 2026 Summer Jones-Adzaho
Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince.But when cities or countries are accustomed to live under a prince, and his family is exterminated, they, being on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the other hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in making one from amongst themselves, and they do not know how to govern themselves. For this reason they are very slow to take up arms, and a prince can gain them to himself and secure them much more easily. But in republics there is more vit
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to inform readers about the differences between principalities and republics
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to entertain readers with exciting stories of historical wars, conquests, and rebellions
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to convince readers that, to hold a conquered republic, a prince must ruin it or live there
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to persuade readers that a prince must eradicate the royal family of a conquered principality