Power brings corruption in two ways in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The first way that power brings corruption is through temptation. Macbeth starts the play with plenty of power. He is already a thane, and he is awarded a second thane title for his heroic deeds in battle. The temptation of power begins to corrupt Macbeth early on though. The witches told Macbeth that he would be more than just a thane. They told him that he...
Power brings corruption in two ways in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The first way that power brings corruption is through temptation. Macbeth starts the play with plenty of power. He is already a thane, and he is awarded a second thane title for his heroic deeds in battle. The temptation of power begins to corrupt Macbeth early on though. The witches told Macbeth that he would be more than just a thane. They told him that he would be king.
All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!
The problem is that Duncan is king and announces that his son will be king after him. The witches' prophecy corrupts Macbeth, because he wants the power of the throne, but the only way that he can attain the throne is through evil deeds.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man that function
Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is
But what is not.
The second way that power corrupts Macbeth is after he has attained the throne. Macbeth has all of the power in the kingdom, but he is afraid of everybody that might lay a claim to the throne. In order to combat that threat, Macbeth starts having everybody killed. He's completely blinded by his power.
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