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    The Pressures of Guilt

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    The Pressures of Guilt Everyone sins. It is an inescapable fact. The magnitude of guilt for these sins‚ however‚ depends upon the creed‚ religion‚ or ideals of the sinner. In both The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ and The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ readers see the effect of the Puritan faith on guilt. Strong‚ as well as weak‚ characters face guilt in each book. Abigail and Dimmesdale take a coward’s way out‚ while Hester and Proctor wrestle with their guilt. By upholding the strictures

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    Macbeth and Guilt

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    there that the guilt sinks in him & Lady Macbeth throughout the entire play. Seeing ghosts‚ sleep walking‚ insomnia‚ it just says guilt all over it. It just shows that guilt on the human mind is highly critical‚ especially when you commit some type of murder. Others may bear with the guilt & hide it deep down like myself at times‚ but Macbeth‚ yeah that’s a different story. Human guilt on the mind is highly effective in this particular play. A perfect way of showing the guilt between Macbeth

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    spheres of life. I offer evidence through Sigmund Freud’s theory of “inherited unhappiness by guilt” in Civilizations and Its Discontents. His argument supports

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    Macbeth Guilts

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    Macbeth’s reaction to Macbeth’s toast). At this point we can tell that he cares about social status since he tells the Lords that they should sit in their own “degrees”. He feels powerful and more superior to the other Lords. Macbeth feels no remorse and guilt for having killed his friend‚ Banquo. On the other hand‚ he is more unstable and worried as the murderer articulates‚ “Fleance is scaped”. He is scared that the prophecy of the witches will come true. Polanski internalises Macbeth’s fears by using

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    Forgive and forget. Survive and don’t take glances at what was left behind. Many of us live true to these words‚ forgetting the events that led our country to its prosperous state. Wars and contentions once ravaged our land of freedom and equality‚ but as time passes‚ they fade from our recollection. Men fought for justice‚ believing in what they thought to be true. After the Civil War ended‚ southerners erected statues and memorials in honor of the men who bravely led and fought alongside their

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    Dimmesdale's Guilt

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    followed extremely harsh laws for punishment such as sinning‚ as found in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In his novel‚ Hawthorne uses the symbolism of Dimmesdale‚ the leech‚ and the punishment scaffold to contribute to his overall theme of guilt. Firstly‚ the main character Hester Prynne was caught in the act of adultery‚ and produced a child from it‚ which she named Pearl. The father of said child is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the book‚ Dimmesdale’s relationship with Hester was

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    Guilt in Macbeth

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    Guilt in Macbeth: Someone famous once said‚ “Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.” In the story of Macbeth this proves to be true as you examine the mental and physical effects Macbeth experienced as a result of guilt. Guilt is defined as feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy (Merriam Webster Online). Conscience is defined as the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one’s own conduct‚ intentions‚ or

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    Guilt in a Heartbeat

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    Guilt in a Heartbeat Through the heart beat from the Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe shows that all bad deeds come with endless guilt. This short story illustrates that the obsession of the narrator‚ who is an everyday man‚ drives him to commit murder to an old man that has done no harm nor insult the narrator. This also goes to show that a man’s conscience can be his own enemy. The Tell-Tale Heart explores various ideas that reassure the insanity that drove the narrator to commit unjustified murder

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    Pip's Guilt

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    Pip’s Guilt Honors Literature Freshman The book “Great Expectations” is a memoir of an old man’s journey through his life. As he describes the stories and anecdotes he had experienced‚ he also showed us his difficulties with finding an objective in life. He had many difficulties with finding a role in life. The biggest issue that Pip faces often is his own guilt; he often regrets half of the things he does‚ and new problems always seem to just present themselves to Pip that send his guilt

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    The Conclusion of Guilt

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    and commit sin. He likes to focus on the downward spiral of the human race instead of romanticising them. The guilt of the narrator is a major theme in ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart.’’ The major symbol is the beating heart. Poe chooses a heartbeat because it is human and maddengly persistant. The thematic subject may be guilt‚ but the theme is that the human heart cannot endure the burden of guilt‚ especially in the case of murder. The guilty must confess somehow or be consumed by his or her conscience. Our

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