Guilt In Macbeth
Macbeth analytical essay
Through out the entirety of the play, Macbeth goes through numerous changes. In the end he seems very distant to how a normal human would act. But one trait he expresses early on is a trait that we all can relate to, guilt. Guilt is a trait that is experienced at all ages of life, its a trait that everone has no matter who you are. First its best to look at the guilt Macbeth had experienced. The largest example is the topic of killing the king. Before Macbeth had moved towards the act he had already arrived to some guilt easily scene when he says "If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature" (act 1 scene …show more content…
3 line 138-141). Although, the guilt he experiences after killing the kind is far greater "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine," (act 2 scene 2 line 61-63) He wishes to wash his hands of the horrible crime that he is aware he has commited but realizes its imposible. As a final part, later in the play after going through his change of becoming fearless he still shows one last bit of guilt to Macduff when he says "Of all men else I have avoided thee. But get thee back. My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already." After killing his whole family Macbeth had tried to avoid Macduff as to not see the guilt in his actions. To further showcase the trait its best to understand our common version of guilt.
When we experience guilt, its from a bad deed or something that we feel that was our fault. As in a friend getting hurt because you gave them a kind nudge, you never wanted them to be injured in the slightest way yet it still happened. However, it is even more important to understand how this is just the common version of guilt, to better relate to Macbeth its best to look at the guilt experienced to us the least. This is the guilt you experience after purposely doing something harmful or wrong to the other. For instance when I was mad at my friend for saying a reallly offensive joke, I had thrown a soccer ball of their's into a river. While this may seem light to others I had known how much the ball meant to him, signed by his favorite sports team, yet even still I had done my act and immedietly after I felt terrible. Afterwards I spent hours thinking of how to get him to not be mad at me, whether he was or wasn't. This is the guilt most experienced by Macbeth. Out of all of Macbeths characteristics, in the begginning guilt was an important one. It showed the kind of man Macbeth was and with that scene in act 5 shows that Macbeth has atleast a little of his former self. Guilt also served as a connection to the audience, as guilt is experienced by all, making it an important part and peice of Macbeth, and an important connection to the
reader.
Through out the entirety of the play, Macbeth goes through numerous changes. In the end he seems very distant to how a normal human would act. But one trait he expresses early on is a trait that we all can relate to, guilt. Guilt is a trait that is experienced at all ages of life, its a trait that everone has no matter who you are. First its best to look at the guilt Macbeth had experienced. The largest example is the topic of killing the king. Before Macbeth had moved towards the act he had already arrived to some guilt easily scene when he says "If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature" (act 1 scene …show more content…
3 line 138-141). Although, the guilt he experiences after killing the kind is far greater "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine," (act 2 scene 2 line 61-63) He wishes to wash his hands of the horrible crime that he is aware he has commited but realizes its imposible. As a final part, later in the play after going through his change of becoming fearless he still shows one last bit of guilt to Macduff when he says "Of all men else I have avoided thee. But get thee back. My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already." After killing his whole family Macbeth had tried to avoid Macduff as to not see the guilt in his actions. To further showcase the trait its best to understand our common version of guilt.
When we experience guilt, its from a bad deed or something that we feel that was our fault. As in a friend getting hurt because you gave them a kind nudge, you never wanted them to be injured in the slightest way yet it still happened. However, it is even more important to understand how this is just the common version of guilt, to better relate to Macbeth its best to look at the guilt experienced to us the least. This is the guilt you experience after purposely doing something harmful or wrong to the other. For instance when I was mad at my friend for saying a reallly offensive joke, I had thrown a soccer ball of their's into a river. While this may seem light to others I had known how much the ball meant to him, signed by his favorite sports team, yet even still I had done my act and immedietly after I felt terrible. Afterwards I spent hours thinking of how to get him to not be mad at me, whether he was or wasn't. This is the guilt most experienced by Macbeth. Out of all of Macbeths characteristics, in the begginning guilt was an important one. It showed the kind of man Macbeth was and with that scene in act 5 shows that Macbeth has atleast a little of his former self. Guilt also served as a connection to the audience, as guilt is experienced by all, making it an important part and peice of Macbeth, and an important connection to the
reader.