Comparison/Contrast Essay on Hamlet and A Machiavellian Prince Machiavelli wrote a manuscript on how to be a better ruler. He had originally intended his works not to go public, but to be used privately by Lorenzo de Medici. To be a Machievellian Prince, one must have many great aspects. Hamlet and Claudius both wanted to be Machievellian Princes. Only one was a true Machiavellian Prince, Hamlet. A major aspect of being a Machiavellian Prince is knowing what you are capable and not capable of pulling off. Not doing what you know you won’t be successful at and knowing that you won’t b