In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth, the protagonist, undergoes a series of character changes. As the situation intensifies and he grows increasingly confident with using and even abusing his power, he resorts to progressively more drastic actions. Macbeth’s motivation changes from simple ambition, to necessity and finally ruthless desperation or remote insanity. On his return home from dutifully defending his beloved king, Duncan, Macbeth is informed of three prophecies by three …showed first 75 words of 919 total…

…showed last 75 words of 919 total…and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a teal Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Macbeth befalls a fate which has plagued humanity for centuries and perhaps will forever haunt. Shakespeare is imparting that the even the suggestion of power is a very corrupting influence. This suggestion is a trap, which feeds upon itself and cycles until it inevitably conquers its victim.