"Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,
             Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
             Raze out the written troubles of the brain,
             And with some sweet oblivious antidote
             Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
             Once a person is infected with evil they undergo a major lifestyle change. In many
             ways evil can be viewed as a ravaging disease of the mind. It starts out like a malignant
             tumor but keeps growing as more wicked acts are committed. It causes the heart to darken
             and makes the individual vulnerable to acts of treachery and mischief. If left untreated the
             disease poses a dangerous threat to both the individual and those that come across him or
             her. Some people are more susceptible to evil than others, depending on their ability to
             resist such temptations as greed and ambition. Evil has been the root cause behind
             millions of deaths, most of whom are innocent and not contaminated with the disease.
             The symptoms start out minor, for example the use of deception for personal gains, but
             eventually become extremely damaging and unable to control, such as resorting to murder
             for power and profit. A truly evil individual suffers from the more advanced stage of the
             disease in which he or she has little control over him or herself due to their tainted
             judgment and its infiltration into their blood, in which they are referred to as ill-minded
             and cold-blooded people. It is not unusual for these people to fall into fits of despair and
             anxiety such as the case with Lady Macbeth in the quote above. Macbeth seeks a cure to
             rid his wife of her grief but in such late stages of evil it is practically hopeless. Macbeth
             and Lady Macbeth have been the key figures representing evil in this play and they go
             through with it full circle, they are devoured by their own evil deeds. In William
             Shakespeare's "Macbeth", evil proves to be a domineering force throughout the text,
             bringing ...