The ability of power Power is the ability to control or influence. The nature of power is that it is transitory, often dangerous and it incurs vulnerability and corruption. Powerplay is the manipulation and creation of power through the use of strategies and authority to achieve a certain goal at the expense of others. Within powerplay exists the group and individual struggles for predominance, control, honour, freedom, and idealism. These power struggles often have dire …
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…the Flies, the motivation of power in the characters stems from their customary, powerless roles in society. Antony's speech ignites this desire for power, allowing the plebeians to vent their frustration. A similar situation is represented in The Wall when students revolt against their authoritarian teacher. Thus the ease with which the plebeians are incited is perhaps partly due to their unconscious desire to be so, in order to find a pretext to exert power