“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This quote by Lord John Edward is exactly what this essay is about. When a teen is left home alone for the weekend, they have power over the house. They can easily abuse that power and throw a party, or do something else they know they shouldn’t be doing. A lot of teens do abuse that power. It usually ends up with some type of …showed first 75 words of 928 total…

…showed last 75 words of 928 total…treason. Poor decisions made by people are corruption as well, when power is abused. Ethical and moral corruption has disastrous outcomes also. The result of any type of corruption is not good. Whether it is murder, treason, ethical or moral corruption, power truly does corrupt. WORK CITED LIST 1. Pavithra Ravinatarajan, “Power Corrupts,” http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9142/caesar.html 2. William Shakespeare; Macbeth; USA, 1997; McDougal Littell Inc 3. William Shakespeare; Julius Caesar; USA, 1997; McDougal Littell Inc