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Guilt and Remorse in

Conclusion

In conclusion, the theme of guilt and remorse is prominent throughout Macbeth. It is represented through characters as they develop throughout the play from their experiences in many events. It is mainly through Macbeth and Lady Macbeth that guilt and remorse is most significant.

Guilt in The Kite Runner

Lady Macbeth

Amir

- Amir from The Kite Runner also experienced guilt and remorse

- Was a result of watching Hassan getting raped

- This causes Amir's downfall as he lives his life up until adulthood in guilt

- Lady Macbeth's death was a result of her guilt and remorse from her acts of evil

- She experienced hallucinations and sleepwalked due to her guilt

- Guilt caused her to go mad and she was unable to continue with the guilt and killed herself

Act 5, Scene 5

- Lady Macbeth killed herself because she could not handle the guilt and insanity anymore

- "'The queen, my lord, is dead'" (Seyton, line 18)

- The blood on her hands that she thought she could easily wash off finally caught up to her and she could not live with it any longer, thus ended her life

Act 5 Scene 1

- Lady Macbeth's guilt and remorse is shown to audience

- She feels as if her hands are permanently stained with the blood of the murdered victims: "'Out, damned spot! out, I say! One, two: why, then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him!'" (Lines 32 - 37)

- She feels guilty from the murder of Macduff's family: "'The Thane of Fife had a wife, where is she now?'" (lines 39-40)

- This foreshadows Lady Macbeth's suicide

Act 3,Scene 4

- Ghost of Banquo makes Macbeth feel guilty for his death even thought he had not personally killed him

- Macbeth is horrified by the ghost of Banquo and wishes that the ghost take any other form other than Banquo’s as to ease his guilt

- "'Avaunt! and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare with'" (lines 113 - 117); "'What man may dare, I dare: approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or Hyrcan tiger; take any shape but that, and firm my nerves shall never tremble: or be alive again, and dare me to the desert with thy sword; if trembling I inhabit then, protest me the baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, hence!'" (lines 121 - 129)

Act 2 Scene 1

- Scene of the floating dagger that foreshadows the murder of Duncan

- Macbeth becomes committed to killing Duncan

- Leads to Macbeth feeling remorse and guilt as a result of his actions

Act 2 Scene 2

How is Guilt and Remorse significant?

- Lady Macbeth was originally going to murder Duncan but could not

- Macbeth regrets killing Duncan as he says, "'This is a sorry sight'" (line 29)

- His guilt and regret causes him to become an insomniac: "'Macbeth does murder sleep'" (line 47)

Act 2 Scene 2

- After Macbeth murders Duncan, he brings back the daggers: "'I'll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done; look on't again I dare not'" (lines 65 - 67)

- Macbeth feels remorse and grief after killing Duncan: "'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?'" (lines 77 - 78); "'To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself. Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!'" (lines 92 - 93)

The theme of guilt and remorse is represented by the characters from their actions in the various events that occur throughout the play. Many characters, especially Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, show the effects of guilt and remorse as their characters develop throughout the play. In addition to the development of characters, the role of guilt and remorse also advances the plot as it leads to many other events that cause more grief and regret and eventually leads to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's demise.

Act 1 Scene 7

- Lines 1 - 28, Macbeth's Soliloquy

- Macbeth questions his commitment to murdering Duncan

- Shows guilt and remorse as he regrets and feels guilt from even thinking of killing of Duncan

- "'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other'" (lines 25-28)

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