In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, a war hero named, Macbeth, wishes to be king and will do anything to become king. Paranoia drives Macbeth to have visions, feel disturbed mentally, kill an entire family.
One way Macbeth appears to be affected by paranoia is when he is at a dinner and imagines a floating dagger. He questions how real the dagger is and says, “Is this a dagger which I see before me” (Shakespeare 2:1:34). He knows the dagger is not real but he is still confused. It is simply a hallucination but it makes him feel guilt, temptation, and paranoia.
The second occurrence of Macbeth’s paranoia is right after he had the king murdered and becomes suspicious of Banquo. Macbeth shows fear of Banquo and his sons when he says,
One way Macbeth appears to be affected by paranoia is when he is at a dinner and imagines a floating dagger. He questions how real the dagger is and says, “Is this a dagger which I see before me” (Shakespeare 2:1:34). He knows the dagger is not real but he is still confused. It is simply a hallucination but it makes him feel guilt, temptation, and paranoia.
The second occurrence of Macbeth’s paranoia is right after he had the king murdered and becomes suspicious of Banquo. Macbeth shows fear of Banquo and his sons when he says,