Power is a very interesting thing to hold in your hand. Many men of good character have been destroyed by power and have consequently drifted from their morals. When you give a man absolute power, it is ingrained in the human brain to take it to a new level. This ideal is present in every type of government, regardless of whether it is a dictatorship or an autonomous government. Modern government suffers from this power-hungry greed. Power is an element of human life and often leads to temptation because humanity thirsts for control, and that is what power provides. Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar follows the fall of the famous Roman emperor of the same name. Caesar as a character himself is very corrupt. He wants all the power he can get, but he does it by any means. From serial killers to corrupt politicians, power never stops flowing through man's veins. J. Edgar Hoover, for example, initially wanted to rid the streets of America of criminals and strengthen law enforcement in the country. As time passed, he became more and more infatuated with power. He began keeping files on people as high as the president and his power began to eat him alive. He went from the honorable, duty-driven young agent to a corrupt, self-centered old man. Hoover represents a history that many are ashamed to admit, including “covert campaigns to spy on and discredit political enemies, anti-war activists and civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.” (Goldmann). Politics is a given when it comes to corrupt power, as many politicians and world leaders tend to become so absorbed in their newfound power that it consumes them and almost rewires their brains. However, many don't think about how power corrupts people like serial killers. The Richard Ramirez case from the 1980s is a relatively more recent example compared to the long histories of other killers such as Ed Gein or John Wayne Gacy. While he had no power conventionally, his power came from killing. The rush of taking the life of another living being seemed almost euphoric to him. It gave him a lot of control over