King Lear - Power corrupts
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…other way to go besides perversion. Lear gives Goneril and Regan their power and craves for more, and will go to any means to get it. Edmund craves power and goes to any means to get it; by plotting against his father and brother. Absolute power corrupts these characters because their quest for power leaves them with treachery and deceit. When given in moderation power is controlled; when given in excess, power becomes a corrupter.
…other way to go besides perversion. Lear gives Goneril and Regan their power and craves for more, and will go to any means to get it. Edmund craves power and goes to any means to get it; by plotting against his father and brother. Absolute power corrupts these characters because their quest for power leaves them with treachery and deceit. When given in moderation power is controlled; when given in excess, power becomes a corrupter.
