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killed it wouldn?t seem as suspicious to the masses. The fact that people would rise up

over the murder of Hamlet, shows that he is greatly loved be the people.

Kindness is another attribute that Machiavelli says that the ruler must have. Hamlet

shows a great deal of kindness when he is reminiscing of his dead childhood friend

Yorick. He says, ?Alas, poor Yorick!I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite/ jest, of

most excellent fantasy. He hath borne me on/ his back a thousand times.?(V,i

l.185-188).Just reading these lines, one is able to invision this poor man, who has lost

everything he has loved, his mother, father, lover and this old friend, with deep

compassion for Yorick. It is almost impossible for anyone to think of Hamlet as anything

but kind hearted.

Godliness is the hardest to find in Hamlet, but it is there. It is particularly present in the

seen where he speaks to the ghost of his father. Horatio advises Hamlet not to follow the

spirit but Hamlet says, ?Why, what should be the fear?/ I do not set my life at a pin?s fee,/

and for my soul, what can it do to that,/ Being a thing immortal as itself?/ It waves me

forth, I?ll follow it.? (I,iv l.64-68). All Hamlet is saying is that there is nothing to be

afraid of and that he will follow. The fact that Hamlet would follow something that, if it

had appeared by anyone else, they would run away from it, shows that Hamlet has a bit of

godliness about him.

So, if Hamlet had survived the final act of the play he would have been the greatest King

because he fits the Machiavellian view of a ruler. As described by Niccolo, Hamlet

always appears to be a good man, but is able to act ruthful when it is needed, he is greatly

loved by all of Denmark, his manners are always honourable and for the good of the

state, and he is steady when ever he speaks in exhibiting good faith, honesty, kindness,

and godliness.

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