CRITICAL WRITING ACTIVITY

Machiavelli & More

Directions

Complete the C.C.P. process for each document. Make sure you are thorough in your responses.

How, if at all does each document reflect Renaissance ideals and ideas such as humanism, individualism and secularism? Use quotes from the passages to support your answer.

MachiavelliQuotes and summarized information

from the reading. (facts)

MoreQuotes and summarized information

from the reading. (facts)

AnalysisWhy is this significant?

Humanism

Individualism

Secularism

Questions

What do you think are the characteristics of an ideal ruler?

Do your ideas match Machiavelli or More? Why?

Two of the main ideas in Machiavelli’s work are: “The ends justify the means.” “It is better to be feared than

loved.” What does the he mean by

these ideas? What do you think Thomas

More would say in response? Do you agree or disagree

with Machiavelli? Explain your answer. Remember to consider both

the ideal and the practical.