Witch-slapped: Macbeth's fall from grace
The question I chose to analyze was, "To what extent would Shakespeare agree with this statement? Power corrupts power, and absolute power corrupts absolutely - Lord Action". In my personal opinion I would presume that Shakespeare would agree with this statement to a great extent due to exemplifying curruption of power through Lady MacBeth and Macbeth, as well as an example of power corruption I have anaylsised. In the play MacBeth, Shakespeare is very critical of his writing. He wants his plays and writing to exhibit his social and political beliefs, but must mascarray these beliefs via the form of a play. Power corruption is a prevlient through his protyal of The MacBeths ambition to take King Duncan's crown. Once the prophecy that Macbeth will soon be the King of Scotland is foretold to MacBeth, we see an evilness come upon they MacBeths as they begin to scheme against the King to murder him in his sleep, which is considered to be savagery, due to the victim not bein...