"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton To what extent would Shakespeare agree with this statement? Use the play and your own experience as your support.

            "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." I feel as if though Shakespeare would agree with the quote "power corrupts" but less so with "absolute power corrupts absolutely."
In the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, the theme of power corrupting is shown through lady Macbeth. When she hears about Macbeth becoming the Thane of Cawdor she gets taken over by the thought of having even more power and pressures Macbeth to kill king Duncan. Macbeth becomes overrun with corruption and falls from grace and honor in order to become the next king. The reason that I don't think that Shakespeare won't agree that absolute power corrupts absolutely is because even though Macbeth killed Duncan he still felt bad for his actions after they were completed.

A reason for which i would agree with this quote is that I've noticed that when people acquire leadership positions they become oblivious to the needs of the people which they are leading and often leads with a personal agenda in mind.