Explain the differences between More, Machiavelli nad Elizabethian style.

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More's portrayal of King Henry VIII was basically that he was not that great of ruler and he states this by showing us in his writing that the "king/prince" needs to become more aware of what is going on with his people. He used Ethos to state that he needed not to care so much about his wealth but of the wealth of his people, and what shelter/ food they have, etc... His rhetorical …

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…will be ruined. Machiavelli's rhetorical style includes him using specific (Cesare Borgia) and vague (A Prince) examples, repetition (as I said before), ethos, pathos, and logos, as well as writing in third person. An example of Logos is, "Moreover, pretexts for confiscation are never to seek, and he who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his; whereas reasons for shedding blood are fewer, and sooner exhausted.