guilt

• Macbeths guilt helps the audience to see him as a sympathetic character before his eventual downfall
• Lady macbeths madness could be seen as a warning about women trying to take on 'male' roles in society
• "sinful Macduff " - Shakespeare shows a healthier attitude to guilt through Macduff, who blames himself for his family’s murder. He feels genuine sorrow and remorse but does not lose control of himself in the way that the Macbeths do.
• "will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" -Shakespeare shows a healthier attitude to guilt through Macduff, who blames himself for his family’s murder. He feels genuine sorrow and remorse but does not lose control of himself in the way that the Macbeths do.
• " avaunt and quit my sight thy bones are marrowless thy blood is cold thou hast no speculation in those eyse that dost glare with" - Shakespeare shows a healthier attitude to guilt through Macduff, who blames himself for his family’s murder. He feels genuine sorrow and remorse but does not lose control of himself in the way that the Macbeths do.