Shakespeare once said,” what this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants.” Shakespeare is trying to say that the power relies within the person and he/she doesn’t realize it until he/she utilizes that power for what they need.
In the play Hamlet, Claudius kills his brother, who at the time was King Hamlet, for his power and rule over Denmark; now Claudius realized what his brother had and went through all costs to get this power, including getting himself into and incestuous marriage with his sister-in-law. Once he gained this power he abused it to the fullest extent possible. An example of this excessive use of power is
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