Power Corrupts- Macbeth

Shakespeare composed a sensational tale filled with felony, havoc, and bloodshed. From the view of terzetto person you are able to get word every characters motives and reasoning, whether they be good or bad. Many propagation in this play actions seem to be iodin thing, only if in truthfulness are quite the opposite. The tale of Macbeth shows how authority corrupts through voracity, stakestabbing, and secrecy. To a leader or trounce adorer, Macbeth appears to be a hard-core follower or companion, but after(prenominal) tho a glimpse at baron Macbeth scraps on everyone wi gibibytet their knowledge, showing further how corruptive military unit crowd bring out be.The prophecies square up pip a chain reaction. The Werd Sisters carol to Macbeth, showering him with what he wants to hear, feeding his greed. They plant a seed in his head, if he can be the Thane of Cawdor and Glamis, why cant he be the king? The Werd Sisters started a fire of corruption in Macbeths mind and left his victims to deal with it.After the prophecies, Macbeth acts upon his greed to become king. The lure of magnate sets off a corruptive thought go unseen to the hu existence eye, only plain to the reader. He chooses the evil way of acquire things done, which causes a destructive psychological electric current of thoughts in both(prenominal) Macbeth and brothel keeper Macbeth. instead of letting fate take its course, Macbeth turns his back on the person who trusts him most, Kingunan.Macbeth invites the king over for a dinner and dash offs him while he is asleep. I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a folie? (Shakespeare 55) A similar, sad fate is effrontery to Banquo, Macbeths best friend and sound hand man. Despite fighting together, grimace by side, Macbeth still becomes wary. His brain has already become corrupted from a thirst for power which causes Macbeth to trust no one. Without anyone knowing, Macbeth turns over against his best friend. He hires a band of subdue killers to take out his best friend and his sonKnow Banquo was your enemy So is he mine, and in much(prenominal) crashing(a) distance That every minute of his organism thrusts Against my nearst of life. And though I could With tatty power sweep him from my sight And wish my will avouch it, yet I must not, For certain friends that are both his and mine, Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall Who I myself soft on(p) down. And thence it is That I to your assistance do make love, Masking the business from the public eye For sundry weighty reasons. (Shakespeare 89)Yet again an innocent man is murdered out of the blue, backstabbed by his fellow companion. Banquo, the trusting man he was, never stood a bechance against the secretive strength of corruptive power.The corrosive thought process stock-still went as far as to cause Macbeth to kill children. The unforgiveable action of murdering wasnt even give a second glance from the power hungry monster Macbe th had become. His towns muckle, the people that stood shadow him loyally, murdered without the blink of an eye. Although, his actions were not stringently driven by greed, they were sufficiently faint actions, as well. Unable to face such a gruesome fate, he hires others to do his dirty work for him. The castle of Macduff I will surprise, seize upon fife, give to th edge o th sword. (Shakespeare 131) Macbeth even turns his back on his spouse. Lady Macbeth goes insane with all the grief and guilt of murder, and Macbeth couldnt be bothered.To an outsider, it appeared that Lady Macbeth was fine, but in reality she went insane. Macbeth knew this, but he couldnt stop to help the corrosive power craze he was in had gone too far and he couldnt pull away. It didnt matter that Lady Macbeth killed herself, Macbeth appeared as if he couldnt be bothered. He went on with his plans of destruction, only to watch a gruesome fate for himself. It took just a glimmer of power for Macbeth to tur n on the people who trusted him the most. The power he thought he could experience corrupted his mind and caused him to go astray. With a motive to kill, Macbeth snuck behind the backs of his loved ones, and one by one took them all down. To the people he backstabbed, it appeared he was still on their side, but in reality he had turned on almost everyone without their knowledge.