· "Yes, of course," he [Prince Lir] said. "That is exactly what heroes are for. Wizards make no difference, so they say that nothing does, but heroes are meant to die for unicorns."
Prince Lir: No. My lady, I am a hero. Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever. ... That's what heroes are for. Lír: Of course — that is exactly what heroes are for. Lír: I wish I could see her just once more, so I ...
· Prince Lir develops into a true knight. The means by which he chooses knighthood and heroism as his profession can be pinpointed — the moment he met Lady Amalthea. Lir's obsession with courting her brings out the traditional hero within him; yet his misguided reasoning behind becoming a knight, to impress the maiden, not for the good of the people, does not …
The narrator of The Prince is Machiavelli himself. The book is written as a gift to Lorenzo di Piero de'Medici, the ruler of Machiavelli 's native city of Florence. It is addressed directly to its intended reader. Machiavelli 's goal is to gain the approval of Lorenzo by giving an extended analysis of how a prince like Lorenzo can rule ...
Machiavelli's goal is to gain the approval of Lorenzo by giving an extended analysis of how a prince like Lorenzo can rule over his domain stably and prosperously.
The Prince switches between the past, present, and future tenses in order to relate the behavior of successful rulers in the past. Machiavelli relates this information to how a ruler in his own time should behave to ensure the stability and prosperity of his reign.