Blood slowly drips from Macbeth's gaunt hands, which are the same hands that have just finished sticking the ruthless, glittering dagger into King Duncan's now lifeless heart. This simply shows that even the idea of ​​power can lead to complete corruption. Can total domination over a country completely corrupt those leaders? The plays Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet are all examples of when absolute power corrupts absolutely. In Macbeth, a man named Macbeth hears a prophecy from some witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, who predict that he will gain more and more power. At first Macbeth seems uncertain; however, when the predictions come true, his wife becomes greedy and convinces him to kill the king. As he and his wife climb the ladder of social status in society, Macbeth becomes increasingly power-hungry. Throughout the play, there is this constant image of blood seared into our minds. Macbeth demonstrates this when he says, “How am I, when every noise frightens me? What hands are here! Ah, they took out my eyes. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood from my hand? No, this hand of mine will rather Embody the countless seas, Making the green one red.” (Act II.2, 56-64)He is reflecting on the numerous murderous acts he has committed, and has begun to realize that his guilt cannot simply be washed away like soap and water. His guilt makes him tremble at every single noise. Also, incarnadine means to turn something pink/red and Macbeth is making the sea red, or red with the blood of his victims. This reveals that he has so much power that he is corrupting himself to kill more and more, and thus is "making the green one red", or turning the sea red with blood. Neptune is also mentioned as an allusion to the Roman god of the sea, who apparently cannot remove the blood, or as mentioned above, guilt, from Macbeth's hands. Macbeth gained total dominion over Scotland, but was completely corrupted by his mind and what he had done and went mad, then was killed by Macduff. A dictator full of hypocrisy, which ultimately becomes his downfall, is called Julius Caesar in the play Julius Caesar. Caesar has so much power that he truly feels immortal and unassailable. He shows this righteousness when he says, "I would be very moved if I were like you.