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For my post I decided to create a playlist for Macbeth himself, based on his characteristics in Macbeth. I started with  #1 Coming Undone -  Korn This song is all about a man's descent into madness, with lyrics like "Guess the black thoughts have come to get me" I thought about Macbeth and how quickly he fell apart after the murder of Banquo. Macbeth would listen to this because it might help him confront his own crazy hallucinations and visions. #2 Superstition - Stevie Wonder This one is sort of a gimme. "Superstition" makes lots of references to bad luck and how when the "thirteen month old baby, broke the looking glass" that there is no real way to get out from under your fate and the supernatural forces on Macbeth's life. He knows this song applies to him, because "when you believe in things you don't understand then you suffer" #3 I Want (Skr Skr) - Madeintyo   This song is about all Macbeth wants. He ...

People who aren't evil take the first step into evil because people are mean I guess. Human evil is so complicated that in m y opinion it can only be broken down to its simplest pieces. I think it is first important to give the definitio n of evil, which is "profoundly immoral and malevolent ". This definition gives us an idea of how bad it is, "profoundly" so. As in, not letting somebody in in traffic probably couldn't be considered evil. Human steps towards evil usually start in a desire, probably something that they don't have and want really badly. Examples of these things could be money, fame, sex, power, or a variety of other things. Power, money, and fame in Macbeth's case are what sent him down the path towards evil. Macbeth had plenty of these before murdering Duncan but still decided his hunger for these things was insatiable. An example more realistic to us in a similar fashion would be an attempt on the life of a US President. Even though...