Maddness in great ones(final)

In the classic book "Hamlet" by Shakespeare, Hamlets step dad King Claudius says that "madness in great ones must not unwatched go." In other words he is saying that when the great and powerful go mad then they must always be watched and carefully kept under control.

The truth of this matter is that when a king or pope or anyone with power becomes mad or when they become power crazy then it is necessary to watch them and perhaps remove them. Such as when King Henry the 8th became king and was not pleased with his wife he had her killed so he could be with a miss Ann Bolin. King Henry asked the pope to divorce his first wife but the pope denied his request so the angry King Henry separated from the pope. When Henry did that he created his own Protestant religion with him as the 'pope'. Even today people in power will go corrupt, such as when a officer of the law accepts bribes from organized crime. They realize they have a place of power and can get mostly what they want.

The United States has a man of great power in office, the president. To keep Mr. President in power check we have a systems of checks and balances. The executive legislative judicial branches of our government all need each other. The legislative comes up with the new laws, the judicial makes sure they fit with our supreme law the constitution, and the executive signs the bill in to law. The president is the head of the executive branch. So the president cant go on a power inflicted rage with out the help of the other branches so to speak. The England and Russian Rulers have checks and balances also, but instead of Congress they have a Parliament.

The Modern day news stories have shown some down falls of great ones. When Bill Clinton was President he had 'relations' with a girl he knew. He was one of though people who have power and use it to get what they want, like King Henry the 8th. A while back a spy from Russia was poisoned, he claimed that the Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the assassination. Later on the spy died in the hospital.

When King Claudius stated that "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." I believe that he was meaning to watch Hamlet because he is a prince and was acting like a mad man. So that way if Hamlet needed removal from power he would be apt to do so quickly and with little interference from others, in other words swift and painless.