In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, he uses several techniques of power images to
             catch the attention of the readers. He shows how power can effect the personality and
             beliefs of each individual character. When Macbeth was given a taste of power his
             thoughts, beliefs, and personal identity faced a dramatic downfall, along with the
             deteration of Lady Macbeth's original need for power, however the change that effected
             Malcom's "power" was for the better.
             When Lady Macbeth first places violent thoughts into Macbeth's head he doesn't
             agree with these thoughts, but before he realizes it, he is taking the life of King Duncan,
             something that he would never do in his right state of mind. " The risen himself is hoarse
             that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. Come, ye spirits that tend
             on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top - full of
             direst cruelty!" This proves that Lady Macbeth would do anything for power as long as it
             didn't risk the expense of her loosing the power position. So therefore she suckers her
             husband into doing her "dirty work" for her. Even though Macbeth would like more
             power he would never think about harming King Duncan in order to receive it. This can
             be proven through things that he says, you can tell that he is uneasy about the whole idea
             of taking King Duncan's life. He says: " I go, and it is done; the bell invites me to the
             crime. Do not hear it, Duncan, for it is a sound that summons you to heaven, or to hell."
             A single taste of something can turn into an uncontrollable hunger before you ever realize
             Lady Macbeth's character deteriorated due to her original need for power. In the
             end Lady Macbeth can no longer deal with herself and the acts she has committed. She
             commits suicide. First of all she had an attitude of "...