Most hero’s do evil to accomplish such social ranking. William Shakespeare shows that in his play Macbeth, where the main protagonist is also the main antagonist. Macbeth goes on this gory and crazy killing spree filled with fear jealousy, and power, which is also why people do evil knowing so. That said, Lady Macbeth also is a big factor in the beginning of the evil: ” My father as he slept, I had done’t, ” (Act 2, Scene 2). She questions Macbeth’s manliness and calls him a wimp making him change his mind and ending up killing the king. Macbeth does plenty of evil in the play knowing it is evil; it does not stop him because the fear of him getting caught causes him to do more evil. The killing of Banquo proves the point of power will cause you to do more evil because with power came fear which lead to Macbeth hiring people to kill his best friend also leading to the murder of the killers. Macbeth does all these evil acts to build his ladder to success, he hurts other in order to succeed himself. Selfish people tend to do more evil than giving people. Lady Macbeth is evil itself wanting more power the more she had; using Macbeth to do so. ” If you weren’t a man, then what kind of animal were you when you first told me you wanted to do this? When you dared to do it, that’s when you were a man. And if you go one step further by doing what you dared to do before, you’ll be that much more the man. The time and place weren’t right before, but you would have gone ahead with the murder anyhow. Now the time and place are just right, but they’re almost too good for you. I have suckled a baby, and I know how sweet it is to love the baby at my breast. But even as the baby was smiling up at me, I would have plucked my nipple out of its mouth and smashed its brains out against a wall if I had sworn to do that the same way you have sworn to do this,” (Act 1, Scene 7). This proves evil was transferred to Macbeth from her and that once you are evil you will do it without stopping even if you know that your partners with the devil.