... so, previous benevolent hopes and dreams adjust to the malignant and treacherous human nature. Works of literatures such as A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Animal Farm by George Orwell illustrate this pattern of corruption. In A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is one of the most vivid portrayals of power corruption. At first, she is a victim of absolute power ... more power and control, the dreaded abuses of power are only doomed to repeat once again. Another example illustrating Lord Canton's quotation is Animal Farm by an English writer, George Orwell. Throughout the no...

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