as his character starts to shatter with the amount of power on his hands. In this second stage of Macbeth's life, we find him to be stronger, yet he does not use his strength and bravery to good use. His new found strength mixes with his paranoia and his appetite for power creating him into a tyrant king. Macbeth's next wrong turn is calling on murderers to kill Banquo because of fears that Banquo's children will hold the throne. He calls the murderers with no fear and no worries. This time making the decision to kill Banquo on his own without the coaxing of Lady Macbeth. Without mentioning it to Lady Macbeth, the murderers carry on killing Banquo while Macbeth goes on. Yet, something is not right with Macbeth. This new found bravery and power in his character has turned into a flaw on Macbeth's part. He is suddenly struck with guilt and overwhelming paranoia at his party as Banquo's ghost makes an appearance to haunt Macbeth. "Avaunt, and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee. Thy bones are marrowless; they blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare with" (3.4.113-116). Macbeth turns into a king who is afraid of losing his power and being found out of killing both Duncan and Banquo. Macbeth tells himself that in order to keep his power he must kill anyone who gets in his way and that is what he does.His suffering and his downfall "brings him to a fatal end". As Macbeth continues to abuse his power and authority by killing people off, his people are starting to turn away from him. The Macbeth that they had once known is gone. And not because they speculate him of murder, but because Macbeth is going mad on the outside. Macbeth is suffering from his sinful deeds and everything that is said or done is taken as a threat to Macbeth or an accusation of murderer on Macbeth's part. He is becoming another person, being eaten up by his own power-hungry self. The last straw for Malcolm, Ross and Macduff finally ...
