The Role Of Guilt In Macbeth

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Nowhere in the story does Macbeth learn any lessons from the horrible acts that he committed. He continues to act in the same way killing anyone that gets in his way, from killing king Duncan when he gets in the way between Macbeth and taking the crown for himself, to killing Young Siward when he gets in the way between Macbeth and Macduff. He was never punished for his actions and therefor repeats them. Subsequently, Macbeth doesn’t feel guilt for any of his major crimes, he does start to feel guilt for the murder of King Duncan and starts to hallucinate after the murder of Banquo but with the help of Lady Macbeth quickly desensitises to them and by the massacre of Macduff’s family Macbeth has lost all feelings of guilt for his crimes. Finally,

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