Power Corrupts In Lord Of The Flies

In Lord Of The Rings, Tolkien shows that power corrupts, but absolute power corrupt defenitley, and this is shown through corruption, abuse and temptation. The characteristics of an Evil are the desire for absolute power and thats a central theme in Lord Of The Rings. The desire of absolute power to defeat and ruin.

Tolkien’s concept of too much power is demonstrated when Lord Atcon said “Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely”. In Tolkien’s book, Lord Of The Rings, tells a story of destroying a powerful ring throught Tolkien’s “Middle Earth”. It was lead by Frodo a “Hobbit” who in the end becomes corrupted by power himself. This corruption began when Frodo was using the ring over and over again to escape certain situations by becoming invisible. The theme of power corrupts is shown throught the book, starting with

Gandalf warning Frodo of the possible danger of the ring, knowing that the ring is full of power and that too much power can be dangerous. Later Frodo is encountered by the wizard Galadriel, Frodo offers her the ring because he knew that shge deserve the ring the most and that she would be able to control its power, she is wise as Gandalf is and tells Frodo not to speek of it because it can bring distruction even by speaking of it. The “Rulling Ring” gives “Supreme Power” to whoever possession it. The ring cant be used for good only for evil thats why using the ring is abusing power, it corrupts good and make you evil. Boromir thought he could use the ring to do great things for his people and make all the problems in Middle Earth go away, but Gandalf clearly knows that it can make him evil, Bormir tried to take the ring and the ring had control over Frodo. “Power is not neutral it’s always evil wich gives the chance for wicked to dominate”.
-Tolkien demonstrate diffrent aspects of power through the characters of Aragon, Gandalf and Frodo.

Aragon got offered the ring by Frodo but he refuses to use it he passes the test and resisit the temptation, and Gandlaf passed the same test. “... One Ring rule them all, One Ring to bring them all, and in darkness bind them…” The ring has power beyond anyone belief or imagination it was created by Dark Lord Sauron but it was taken from him and passed between The Hobbits in the Middle Earth but none of them was strong enough to risist the Ring’s strength. Only the wiser characters like Gandlaf chose correctly by refusing the ring. When Frodo meets up with Bilbo, after greeting each others their subject quickly chyanged about the ring, Biblo asked about the ring, and when he saw it Frodo was able to tell what his sperit has become inside even though he looked perfectly fine. Towards the end the ring was becoming to affect Frodo’s mind. - The ring has too much power for anyone to possess, and if possessed the temptation to misuse it would be too great even if someone was began as good would end being evil he becomes dominated by the

power.

Tolkien shows that power corrupts, by reminding what power can do to beings. How you can be obsessed by power. Boromir was becoming corrupted by the thought of having such a power of the ring. And no matter how many times Frodo was warned he could not resist the power of the ring and that it was begining to corrupt him. Tolkien also showed how power can corrupt someone to make him evil. No matter whether the characters are good or evil, having the supreme power always make one appear evil in the eyes of othgers . The addiction to the Ring, showed that no one was safe. Even the nobles ones who rejected the ring had a temptation and were attracted to it and to it’s power.