The Prince | Style
Point of View
Most of The Prince is written from the first-person point of view. In other words, the speaker of the work refers to himself directly, using the word "I." In this case, the speaker is the same person as the book's author, Niccolo Machiavelli.
In the "Dedicatory Letter" that opens the book, Machiavelli openly addresses Lorenzo de Medici, a member of Florence's ruling family. In the letter, Machiavelli states that what is written there will illustrate "my extreme desire that you arrive at the greatness that your future and your other...
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