Macbeth: The Increase of Evil Power
            
             As one of the greatest writers, though now deceased, Shakespeare's talent stays a favorite. His best tragic piece, Macbeth, captures the absence of fidelity. Macbeth, a turbid man, experiences two hallucinations as a result of his wicked ambition. The dagger in Act I, scene i, leads Macbeth to fortitude, as Banquo's ghost in Act iii, scene iv, makes his perception quiver.
             While planning to kill Duncan, King of Scotland, Macbeth became very nervous. Before his sinful act, a dagger appeared floating in the air while he was waiting for the sound of the death bell. "To feeling as to sight, or art though but/ A dagger of the mind, a false creation." (II, i, 38-39) Soon after the dagger's appearance the bell rings, and Macbeth brutally kills Duncan. Macbeth's second hallucination appears in Act III, scene iv, at a banquet after he kills his best friend. Macbeth became King of Scotland after Duncan's death because he was highest of Thanes. In an attempt to keep his title, Macbeth hires two murderers to destroy Banquo. At the banquet the ghost of Banquo appears, takes a kind seat in Macbeth's chair, and tries to blame Macbeth for his cadaver appearance. "Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake/ Thy gory locks at me." (III, iv, 51-52) Macbeth deceived the King and his best friend. He cannot turn back, for he has done too much evil.
             In Act I, Macbeth is presented with three prophecies. "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!" (I, iii, 48-50) After two prophecies come true, Macbeth decides to turn on his King and kill him in hope to claim the throne. After Duncan is dead, Macbeth is announced King. The third prophecy came true. "He is already named, and gone to Scone/ to be
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