Machiavelli

In the reading pertaining to Machiavelli I put myself in the prince's shoes and imagined my self reading this letter from his point of view. I think I would have been infuriated by this letter because Machiavelli had been exiled and now he send me letter on pretty much how I can be a better prince. The message also sent across would be that I don't have what it takes to be a good prince. In a sence Machiavelli gets the last words in and it's kind of like a slap to the face. From my point though, I really liked the letter. It seems clever that Machiavelli sent this letter and it never directly says that the prince is a bad prince. At the same time it seems like a helpful letter to the prince, but I think we know the intentions behind letters like this. I think he wanted the prince to know that he wasn't the best a prince could be.