synderisis

• what is synderesis

  • philosopher thomas aquinas
  • the instinct to be moral is gods will
  • idea that morality is an innate birth right
• lady macbeth - conscious evil

  • connects with evil
  • calls on spirits to “make blood thick“
  • rebelling against societal norms
• lady macbeth - moral

  • looses child so suffers with grief and post natal depression
  • trying to survive amongst impossible conditions and expectations of women as naive and lacking psychological stimulation
  • lady macbeth is determined to prove her worth and compete with men
• macbeth - moral

  • a soldier who has been conditioned into the idealisation of killing
  • psychological impact of a praised warrior
  • servant to duncan “valour minion”
  • manipulated by witches
  • conscience is contradicted by witches
• macbeth - immoral

  • regicide is a deadly sin
  • breaks great chain of being
  • aware of right and wrong