Guilt

Question 1

‘A dagger of the mind, a false creation,/Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?’

Answer 1

-Act 2 Scene 1
-Macbeth feels guilt about the fact that he is about to kill King Duncan who is a noble and respected King.

Question 2

‘Hence horrible shadow’

Answer 2

• Act 2 Scene 3
• Macbeth thinks he sees Banquo ghost at the banquet scene which is actually symbolic of his guilt.

Question 3

-‘Out damned Spot! Out’

Answer 3

-Act 5 Scene 1
-She thinks she can still see the blood from King Duncan’s death on her hands/clothes but actually it is just symbolic of her guilty conscience that she cannot get rid of.
-She cannot wash the sins from her hands.

Question 4

‘Hell is murky’

Answer 4

-Act 5 Scene 1
-If you commit crimes in Jacobean England you would go to hell.
-People in Jacobean England were incredibly **fearful of hell ** as it was an incredibly Christian country then so this would be

Question 5

‘What, will these hands ne’er be clean?’

Answer 5

-Act 5 Scene 1
-Shows how Lady Macbeth is** unable** to find peace after her involvement in the murder