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 be succes