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

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