Corruption Of Power In Macbeth

John Adams once said, “Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.” Men like John Adams himself, understands that the greedy nature of a man or woman is influenced by the corruption from power. Morals and positive characteristics are important to a person because those attributes are connected to their power of authority. John and Shakespeare themselves both understand that in the world there are many factors that lead to corruption of power. In Shakespeare’s short play Macbeth, Macbeth reveals throughout the play that good and bad morals may lead to horrific outcomes that demonstrates true human nature, and how easily Lady Macbeth uses persuasion to convince

Since the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth’s obsession is to become powerful. Lady Macbeth has a conversation that ultimately leads to the death of Macbeth. When Lady Macbeth and her husband Macbeth was given what their future beholds, Lady Macbeth was committed to the crimes the second it came out of the three witch’s mouth. In the other hand, Macbeth was nervous to do a crime right after he had just been crowned thane of Cawdor. Instantly, Lady Macbeth was quick to reassure him, so it would benefit her wants and so called “needs” of becoming powerful. Towards the beginning of Act I, (I.VII.1-28) Lady Macbeth began to make Macbeth feel as if he were a coward, “What beast wasn’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man. Nor time nor place did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now does unmake you. I have given suck, and know how tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” Shakespeare put the character Lady Macbeth to demonstrate how people use manipulation to get what they want. Nowadays, you see that celebrities will create a problematic situation that leads to inheriting a title that holds power. Lady Macbeth is no doubt a person who speaks freely and wants what she demands. Shakespeare inserted text describing how Lady Macbeth used manipulation to gain status, because of her desires to be married to a King. It's not new that people use certain advantages to receive what they want. Lady Macbeth’s high achieving personality does the job well. Her persuasion