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macbeth
guilt
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Cards (11)
we'd jump the life to
come'
- macbeth is aware that committing the murder will mean sacrificing an afterlife in heaven
- moral and religious parts of guilt
stop
up th'access and
passage
to
remorse'
- LM's weakness is her guilt, this is what eventually leads her to suicide
- shows how a lack of remorse is impossible for a human as she calls to evil spirits
heat-oppressed
brain'
- his vision of the dagger is a premonition of the violence and guilt to come
- 'heat-oppressed' refers to the pressure that guilt puts on someone, likening it to a fever
I could not
pronounce
Amen'
- he may never atone for his sin
- he has been denied god's forgiveness
macbeth shall
sleep no more'
- macbeth braces himself for the restless nights he is to endure
- active, haunted conscience
- those who are guilty are self destructive
will all
neptune's ocean
wash this blood clean from my
hand
?'
- blood is a symbol of guilt, water is purity of life
- foreshadows how guilt destroys him, he cannot get rid of the guilt
O full of
scorpions
is my mind'
- his paranoia is like continuous stings
- shows the intense psychological torture macbeth goes through as a result of his guilt
what's done is done' (LM)
- guilt is inescapable, they'll have to suffer the consequences of their actions
what's done cannot be
undone'
(LM- later)
- repetition makes it seem like she is trying to let go and face reality
- the change from 'is done' to 'cannot be undone' gives the impression that her desperation and guilt have increased
this is the very
painting
of your
fear'
- lady macbeth has the same pragmatic tone in this scene; she dismissed his hallucinations
- the guilt has not got to her yet
out
damned
spot'
- her guilt leads to her being tormented by a vision of spots of the motif blood on her hands
- guilt has destroyed her strong and assertive personality