The Stanford Prison Experiment involved taking intelligent, hard-working, college level individuals who were completely innocent, and putting them in a simulated jail to see the psychological effects of the prisoners. Some of these individuals had got the role of being prisoner guard to some of the people, making them have much more power over the prisoners, and resulting in the guards becoming obsessed with controlling the prisoners. This is very similar to Macbeth because in the beginning of the play, Macbeth was a good individual. However, after he found the idea of becoming king, and having power, that all changed him like it changed the prisoner guards in the Stanford experiment. In both of these instances, Macbeth and the guards became
