"out dammned spot, out i say

Cards (5)

  • what does the noun "spot" symbolise
    a microcosm for her large guilt
  • what shows her religious fear?
    "damned spot"
    she believers she should he condemned for her sin, which contrasts to her earlier over confidence
  • "out"
    repetitive and imperative shows how desperate and powerless she has become
  • audience
    would see her change from emotional guilt to physical sleepwalking as her punishment
  • shakespeare
    uses this scene to show the inescapable nature lf guilt and how ambition leads to self destruction