Machiavelli

 ﻿ Machiavelli : A Historical Allusion

__** Early Life **__ Machiavelli refered to in a historical manner was born Niccolo Machiavelli on May 3rd, 1469. He born in Florence Italy to Bernado and Bartolomena Machiavelli. His family was of high ecomonic status and greatly apart of politics. Niccolo had two sisters and a brother which looked up to him. His father was a land owning lawyer. Machiavelli never had a formal education, but he was seen as one of the most brillant during his time.

[[image:http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/dos-games/1192-1.jpg width="257" height="239" align="left" caption="Cover of The Prince by Machiavelli"]] **__Political Role__**
==== Machiavelli was a big fan of the Roman Republic and worked as a Florentine Banker from 1487-1495. In 1498 he was declared the secretary of the wealthy class. He was also a leader in Florentine Republician Politics.Machiavelli soon married his wife Marietta Corsini and had four sons and two daughters. During this time, he wrote the book //The Prince// which discussed his view of the "doings" and the "do nots" of political roles. His role was to write letters,reports and any other necessary documents.It's believed that after Niccolo died his grandson saved many of his letters.Later in his lifetime, Machiavelli organized a group of citizens who would be ready to engage in any sort of civil duty. He often times expressed his view of Italy being in need of a strong leader to stop the influence of the French and Spanish on the Italians.====

__** Machiavelli As Allusion **__ ====   ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ He is seen in modern times as someone who was power hungry. This is because during his time he expressed his fasination with power. In his book he wrote, " The priority for the power holder is to keep the security of the state regardless of the morality of the means. " It is believed that Machiavelli staged his death in order to gain control over his enemies. According to the book __The Facts on File Dictioanry of Cultural and Historical Allusions__ Machiavelli's name is often times used as a synonymos with "ruthless", " cynical", " shrewd" and "manipulation". Machiavelli died on May 22nd,1527 of failing health. Although he has been resting in peace for over four-hundred years, we today still reference him as a working allusion.==== **[Original Example ]﻿ " The young man was a modern day Machiavelli ; he cheated, lied and abused the rules to become the MVP of the year. "**

__Machiavelli Reference to Tupac__ media type="custom" key="7334347" align="center" "So n*ggaz whisper when they mention Machiavelli was my tutor Donald Goines, my father figure Moms sent me to go play with the drug dealers Hits fall, we thug niggaz and we came in packs." - - - Tradin War Stories
 * Tupac modified the name Machiavelli to "Makaveli. If you rearrage the letters they spell " I Am Alive or Am Alive. "
 * In Tupac's video " Hail Mary ", there is a gravestone that reads "Makaveli". It is cracked and there's a hole in front of it ; this implies that Makaveli rose from the dead.
 * Just as Machiavelli is believed to have done, Tupac raised questions in his own death saying he infact staged his too and will return in 2014.
 * While speading time in jail, Tupac read many if not all of Machiavelli's books.

Works Cited :


 * "Allusions." //Laraine Flemming - Textbook Author and Teacher//. Web. 25 Oct. 2010. .
 * Cole, Sylvia, Abraham H. Lass, and Sylvia Cole. //The Facts on File Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions//. New York: Facts on File, 2000. Print.
 * "Niccolò Machiavelli Biography - Life, Family, Children, Parents, Death, History, Son, Information, Born, Time, Year." //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Web. 25 Oct. 2010. .
 * "Niccolo Machiavelli." //Connecticut Business Web and Cyber Shopping Mall- Web Page Creation and Hosting, Advertising, Home Pages, Internet Publishing//. Web. 25 Oct. 2010. [].

Syranda Murrphy & Ashley McCarthy