Machiavelli's claim in this chapter is that a prince must be
Machiavelli's specific purpose in this chapter is to

1. Merciful when possible but cruel when necessary

2. Persuade readers that a prince must be somewhat cruel.

either online or traditional classroom can work for students. which is better will depend on students and teacher. students may have trouble following a lesson in classroom while they can study at their own pace online. other students may have trouble staying focus on their own in online classes. teachers are more used to classroom teaching but they may also be more worry about their jobs teaching online classes and work harder.

if you don't mind posting the paragraph so i could read it that would a lot. (;