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Madness and Corruption in Shakespeare: Hamlet and Macbeth

Journal: International Journal of English, Literature and Social Science (Vol.7, No. 1)

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Page : 179-181

Keywords : Shakespeare; Corruption; mental illness.;

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Abstract

Corrupting Influence of Power in Shakespeare's Plays”. Lord Acton splendidly maintained that “power tends to corrupt. And absolute power corrupts completely.” Shakespeare's plays qualify as such a lot of ingenious investigations into the implications of possessing power. The dramatic portrayal of madness will usually be a cathartic expertise for audiences. By looking at actors perform mentally disturbed characters, audiences ar freed momentarily to observe their own stresses, fears, pressures and pent-up needs showing emotion lived out of body through a example of life on the stage

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