LEARN MORE...
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
Contributed by Jack Shields
Content
Overview
Context
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Reviews
Get 24/7
Homework help
Our tutors provide high quality explanations & answers.
Post question

Newest Questions

Chapter 31
Summary

Law Thirty-One: Control The Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards You Deal

Analysis

The best forms of deceptions are the ones in which an individual appears to provide others a choice. The situation makes the victims feel that they are in control when they are not (Greene 254). The process involves giving others options that come out in favor of the person. Such people may be forced to make choices of the lesser between two evils. Making other people choose between the options a person has given them gives the person more independence. He holds power to determine how they turn out to be. In 1553 when Ivan the Terrible realized that some of his subjects were out to outwit him, he designed a plan in which he knew he would exert some form of power over them (Greene 255). He realized that a war would not be a solution against the boyars. Therefore, he chose to read them a letter in which he attained a chance to exert some form of control against them.

<
Chapter 30
Chapter 32
>
info_outline
Have study documents to share about The 48 Laws of Power? Upload them to earn free Studypool credits!

Popular Book Guides