Guilt Flashcards
“I’ll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done.”
He feels guilt and regrets killing Duncan
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand ill rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine”
He implies that the consequences of his actions of murder will not be easily hidden, even though Lady Macbeth says that blood can be easily washed away. The guilt won’t wash away
“Why should I play the Roman fool and die on mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashed do better upon them.”
He refers to a Roman statesman who was defeated and chose to commit suicide rather than live under Caesar’s rule
“Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tall told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
After Lady Macbeth’s death, he talks as if there is no meaning or purpose in life.
Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires”
He expresses his feelings about murdering Duncan and uses the dark sky to display his emotions. It shows a conflict in Macbeth between his ambition and committing a crime
I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet, and to be baited with the rabble’s curse.
Macbeth goes mad due to the overwhelming emotions of guilt. His guilt then leads to his death.
Mine eyes are made the fools of the other senses. Or else worth the rest. I see thee still And on thy blade and dungeon gouts of blood.”
His guilt begins to eat him alive, he sees visions of blood. Shows that guilt is very powerful and leads characters to madness and follow them until death
