Leading up to the final, we have been studying the thinking and writings of Niccolo Machiavelli. There will be a small section of the exam that asks you to interpret what it means to be Machiavellian. Below, I have attached a Youtube video link as well as the note sheet that accompanies the video on Machiavelli.
By now, you should have read "Federigo's Falcon" and "Patient Griselda" by Boccaccio (in your Italian Lit. book). Both of these stories are certainly "Machiavellian." Try to figure out why...
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