Acts of betrayal can cause individuals to become burdened with guilt for the rest of their lives. In the play Macbeth, Macbeth expresses the feeling of guilt he bore since he had killed his king, Duncan: Methought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep"-the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast,- (2.2.35-39). Macbeth's decision to kill the king has made him believe that the guilt he experienced would burden him the rest of his life. Macbeth, who had recently won a battle against King Duncan's enemies, was rewarded by being able to host the king in his
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His guilt stems from an incident which has occurred during his childhood. When Amir was young, he witnessed the rape of his friend. Instead of helping him, Amir ran away because he was afraid that the same punishment would happen to him if he confronted Hassan's rapist. His guilt forced him to frame Hassan, who eventually left the household with his father. The guilt he felt never left him, and this becomes apparent in his second visit to Afghanistan. When he learns of Hassan's death by the Taliban, he experiences a nightmare in which he saw himself as the Taliban who killed Hassan. He feels as if he had indirectly contributed to the death of Hassan by framing him for theft and forcing him to leave his home. He knew that if he had never betrayed Hassan, both he and his father would have remained in the house, and Baba would have taken them with him to America when the Soviets began invading Afghanistan. Baba is another character who lived in constant guilt due to an act of betrayal which he committed against his friend and son. Baba's guilty conscience becomes apparent when Amir reminisces about his past. "The signs had been there all along; they came flying back to me. Baba hiring Dr. Kumar to fix Hassan's harelip. Baba never missing Hassan's birthday." (Hosseini, 236) Baba is plagued with guilt due to a mistake he made while he was at the lowest point of is life. Baba betrayed his best friend, Ali, by sleeping with his wife. He then betrayed his son, Hassan, when he refused to acknowledge him as his own. His guilt is apparent in that he tried to provide Hassaan with materialistic things that Ali as a Hazara could not afford, like hiring a doctor to fix Hassan's harelip. Although he does many honourable deeds, his conscience is never fully redeemed from the incessant feeling of guilt he faced, and this is seen when Amir recollects the fact that his father had never missed his son's
His guilt stems from an incident which has occurred during his childhood. When Amir was young, he witnessed the rape of his friend. Instead of helping him, Amir ran away because he was afraid that the same punishment would happen to him if he confronted Hassan's rapist. His guilt forced him to frame Hassan, who eventually left the household with his father. The guilt he felt never left him, and this becomes apparent in his second visit to Afghanistan. When he learns of Hassan's death by the Taliban, he experiences a nightmare in which he saw himself as the Taliban who killed Hassan. He feels as if he had indirectly contributed to the death of Hassan by framing him for theft and forcing him to leave his home. He knew that if he had never betrayed Hassan, both he and his father would have remained in the house, and Baba would have taken them with him to America when the Soviets began invading Afghanistan. Baba is another character who lived in constant guilt due to an act of betrayal which he committed against his friend and son. Baba's guilty conscience becomes apparent when Amir reminisces about his past. "The signs had been there all along; they came flying back to me. Baba hiring Dr. Kumar to fix Hassan's harelip. Baba never missing Hassan's birthday." (Hosseini, 236) Baba is plagued with guilt due to a mistake he made while he was at the lowest point of is life. Baba betrayed his best friend, Ali, by sleeping with his wife. He then betrayed his son, Hassan, when he refused to acknowledge him as his own. His guilt is apparent in that he tried to provide Hassaan with materialistic things that Ali as a Hazara could not afford, like hiring a doctor to fix Hassan's harelip. Although he does many honourable deeds, his conscience is never fully redeemed from the incessant feeling of guilt he faced, and this is seen when Amir recollects the fact that his father had never missed his son's