Why Guilt Is Important

Of the colorful spectrum which is our emotions, guilt is one of the most influential feeling of them all. Guilt, for lack of better terms is the feeling of responsibility for the misfortune of other, at least, that is what the emotion is intended for. The true purpose of guilt is to allow an individual to understand their situations, the consequence their under, and to amend their actions. However, in doing so guilt often than not causes more trouble than good. For some guilt helps in developing a person, making them understand how things work and learn to improve themselves or thing around them in order to feel better about themselves. Guilt also leads people down a path of insanity where their ability to rationalize is lost all together.
Guilt is something that no person likes to feel, and people will often attempt to avoid feeling it. This is why people do what they can in order to rid themselves of it. In a normal people the feeling of guilt causes people to reflect over their actions and look at all their mistakes, so that they can avoid the situation next time around and prevent the sense of guilt. Guilt is motivation, it moves people away from habits and actions which would otherwise be harmful or bad for others. By experiencing guilt an individual can correct themselves and thus improve
Guilt is an extremely powerful feeling to those who believe that they can never do wrong. People with powerful ambition or goals are often those who are negatively affected by guilt. This those with such high ambitions feel that what they are doing is right and that they are right no matter what and so when they see how truly wrong their actions were, they begin to reflect on all the thigs that they have done and lose sight of their ambitions. For instance, in the play Macbeth, after having killed the king and fulfill his ambition, Macbeth began to fall into insanity. After realizing all the wrongs and evils he has committed, Macbeth begins to go insane, beginning to see illusion of those he felt he has wronged. One instance, is when he attends a party and begins to see the ghost of Banquo, his friend who he has killed, his guilt causes him to create a image of Banquo that torments him. As you can see from the play Macbeth, guilt is a very destructive feeling that can harm a person. This is because guilt often makes people shameful of themselves and their actions, making them judge themselves and ruin their lives. This ruins a person’s ability to rationalize because they begin to only see their guilt and how awful it is, instead of attempting to amend it. In fact, those driven to insanity by their