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2. "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton
To what extent would Shakespeare agree with this statement? Use the play and your own experience as your support.

I think that Big Willy would have thought that Lord Acton was spot on with this quote. For the most part, Acts 1 and 2 of Macbeth have completely revolved around the idea of power being a corrupting force. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth alike lose touch with their super-ego when the desire for power manifests itself in their minds. 

Macbeth goes from being a fairly moral person. He even claimed to be good friends with Duncan, for crying out loud! When the opportunity to gain power by killing Duncan presented itself, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were completely corrupted. There were several instances when Macbeth second-guessed his decision, but at the end of the day the idea of absolute power drove him to kill his friend, and Lady Macbeth was there trying to convince him to do it the entire time. Once Macbeth had obtained this power, the corruptness wasn't over. He then felt the need to maintain this power in any way possible, which led him to kill even more people, including several guards. Shakespeare's main character went from being a good guy to a power-hungry murderer, which is why I believe that Shakespeare would agree with the quote.

 Many would say that to be powerful in today's society one would have to have two things:  money and respect. 

Once the money and respect is obtained, power comes naturally. The more the more power one can obtain, the more corrupt they become. I have seen this happen in many instances in real life. Perhaps one of the most common examples is when big businesses use malpractice in the corporate world to become rich. A prime example of a huge power-corrupted company that has fallen is Enron. Enron was a huge company that was based off of immoral and illegal practices. It was totally corrupt, and the people in charge of the company knew this, but they kept at it anyway. It just goes to show that people will become corrupt for power. In this case, like many others, the power they were after was money (and, arguably, respect).

People have been corrupted by power since the first humans walked this earth. It happened over 400 years ago (as seen in Macbeth) and it still happens now (as seen in Enron). I think that many people would agree with this quote, but Shakespeare in particular would side with Lord Acton on this one. As a matter of fact, this quote could be used to describe the central message behind Macbeth - a story of a good man gone completely astray from his morals in order to obtain power by becoming the king of Scotland.

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