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 I have read the following books in 2020: William Shakespeare, Hamlet , CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet 1st edition, May 15, 2000 The most frequently read and performed tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It talks about the story of the Prince of Denmark take revenge against his uncle, who killed Hamlet's father. "to be or not to be", the play have dramatic storyline and also make audience to think a lot of philosophical questions. Hamlet includes total of 5 Acts.  Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince ,  W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 3rd edition a phenomenal political theory wrote by Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli stated a good ruler should u se fear to gain political power. He state: "it is much safer to be feared than loved because... fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails" (Machiavelli 166) However, he also listed some good ruler use love to gain citizen's trust and obedience. Machiavelli was aware of th...

According to Niccolo Machiavelli , "it is much safer to be feared than loved because...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails" (Machiavelli 166), In his book, The Prince , Machiavelli demonstrated his point of view about how to gather and maintain power by a political figure. In his book, he discussed the different types of states, armies, conduct of a prince, behavior of the prince and the current political situation in Italy. In the prince, Machiavelli also mentioned Medici Family in his book. One of the reason Machiavelli wrote the book was to impress Lorenzo De Medici. Machiavelli was intended to use this book as his cover letter to help Medici family to reconquer Florence. I really enjoy reading this book.  Niccolo Machavelli, May 1469-June 1527, Italian Renaissance writer, author of The Prince       ...