How Is Guilt Shown In Macbeth

Guilt has the power to change a moralistic man into a monster by using their regret to drive them insane. Shakespeare clearly displays, what people do to create guilt is what defines them as insane or rational. As the story of Macbeth progresses, Shakespeare exhibits Macbeth as an honorable man transformed into an inhumane, murderous man with blood on his hands. In further depth, it shows Macbeth’s lack of mortality because of the numerous murders he has committed.

Human nature presents it self with flaws that give people the mind-set of knowing what is good or evil. Additionally, most people follow their conscious but Macbeth chose the haunting of his guilt from his bloody actions. When Macbeth murders Duncan he immediately regrets his bloody deed,”Will Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No...”(2.2.78-79). It starts to show that Macbeth feels the blood will never wash away from his …show more content…
The regret he felt was appalling when he killed Duncan but it was soon to disappear when he was titled king. This implies that guilt has it’s power to keep a man sane unless their mind is already corrupt, which distinguishes between good and evil. Macbeth ordered for Banquo’s murder but he didn’t feel guilt until he was informed that a witness, Fleance, escaped. Once again Macbeth’s,”...soul is much charged with blood of thine...”(5.8.6-7). His remorse is absent towards the end of his life. A savage has no regret for anything thing it does, which Macbeth does in the end. Macbeth was killing for fun and revenge such as Macduff’s family. For example, Lady Macbeth’s guilty consciousness knew, “...the smell of blood still. All perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”(5.1.52-55). She knew that what she had done and she will not forgive herself; on the other hand Macbeth was losing control of his actions because of the guilt he was trying to ignore was consuming