Instruction
Task: You will write a persuasive essay by taking a firm stance on the prompt and write a 5-paragraph,
double-spaced essay supporting your position. Make sure that you have a strong thesis statement at the end
of your introduction and clear topic sentences in each body paragraph that provide arguments in support of
your thesis. Be sure to provide textual support for each of your claims.
Prompt: Does power corrupt automatically? Apply this famous expression to the events and characters in
Macbeth. You can focus on a single character or several. You may take the position that it always corrupts,
never corrupts, or sometimes corrupts, but be sure to provide textual support.
Text: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The paper must follow the MLA format guidelines.
Do not use first person pronoun (I, me, my, mine) unless they are in a quote.
Stay away from using contractions (can’t, won’t, don’t, shouldn’t, she’ll, they’re)
Do not to use abbreviations or texting language (etc., e.g., b/c)
You must use at least one quotation from the text in each of the three body paragraphs to support
your ideas. These quotations must be correctly documented according to MLA guidelines - refer to
“Format for Quotations” below