Power is the root of all evil. According to Perry Besshye Shelley, “Power, like a disease, pollutes whatever it touches.” In other words, many characters in literature become corrupted because of their quest for power. I fully agree with Shelley that power “pollutes everything that it touches” because having too much power concentrated in the hands of one person leads to dictatorship and its bad consequences. “Power is the root of all evil” is another …showed first 75 words of 1583 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1583 total…retain their thrones, they are faced with the same result—death. “Power is the root of all evil”, Macbeth and Claudius started their rises toward power by committing serious murders, killing the kings, which set off the chain reaction of “the even handed justice” that came back to them. “Power, like a disease, pollutes whatever it touches” is a true statement that demonstrates the cruel human nature and is displayed throughout many works of literature.