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Prince Haens Character Traits
Prince Hans is a character in the movie Frozen, who has many Machiavellian traits. He is a handsome charming prince from the Southern Isles who quickly wins over the heart of Princess Anna. He is the youngest of thirteen children and because had a rough childhood. “Twelve older brothers. Three of them pretended I was invisible…literally, for two years” (MovieQuotesandMore). More than anything, he wants to find a place where he belongs and rule over his own kingdom. Prince Hans has two obvious Machiavellian traits. The first is that he is prepared to make the most of any opportunity that is presented to him. The second Machiavellian trait he possesses is that he is a very good liar.
First, Machiavelli talks quite a bit about opportunities and how Princes should be prepared to take them. In the movie Frozen, Prince Hans is given an opportunity that could end with him ruling a kingdom. According to Prince Hans, he has twelve older brothers, and therefore is thirteenth in line in his own kingdom. He meets Princess Anna, the younger sister of Elsa who is about to become the queen. When the opportunity to marry Anna comes along, he takes it. At the end of the movie, we find out what his true intentions were. “You were so desperate for love, you were willing …show more content…
Machiavelli also talks about how not only should you be good at lying, it should be easy for you do to as well. While Prince Hans is both a liar and a hypocrite, I will focus more on how he is a good liar. At the end of the movie, we see Prince Hans leave Anna freezing to death in a locked room after telling her that he never loved her. Right after this scene, he announces, “Princess Anna is…dead, she was killed by Queen Elsa” (MovieQuotesandMore). Not only did he lie about about her being dead, he also lied about it being her sister who killer her. Prince Hans is a good liar who can easily make people believe
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