Remorse

not so. To prepare for her evil deeds, she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th' access and passage to remorse" (Shakespeare) in order to be relentless. Otherwise her conscience would not allow her to act. So with no access to remorse until later it reveals why Lady Macbeth is able to convince her husband and plan things so intensely. However, when all the deeds are done and the access to remorse opens again Lady Macbeth disappears into the margins of the play and becomes the weak, and enfeebled…

Macbeth 's deterioration as a character is evident through his conscious feelings of remorse immediately following the act of regicide. After the murder of Duncan, Macbeth is highly traumatized by his own actions. Consequently, Macbeth 's anxiousness drives him from the murder room -to Lady Macbeth- without framing the drunken chamberlains…

own will, and became, in all but name, the master of my own actions” (668). Taking pride in his lack of morality, the narrator creates a flawed world in which he is only one dimensional in nature. Nevertheless, the narrator also shares doubt and remorse for his actions which is evident by his need to seek redemption before his death, “Steeped in misery as I am – misery,…

actions and behavior be clearer. She realized at this moment, the extent of what she had done. Furthermore, this event that happened, showing her emotions, proves that she regretted her decisions and she felt remorse for what she had done. Thus, proving her guilt. One wouldn’t feel remorse for something they didn’t do. And it certainly wouldn’t make them break down crying if they weren’t guilty of carrying out the crime. Mary doesn’t display any indicators of being unstable throughout the story,…

feeding the “bad wolf”. The first piece of evidence displaying Lady Macbeth’s insanity is when she stated, “unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full [sic] Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up the access and passage to remorse” (1: 5: 31-3). In the preceding quote, Lady Macbeth states she longs to be “manly”, as she believes it…

It has often been repeated that with time comes grace. This maxim does well to describe the reflections found in “Those Winter Sundays” by the author, Robert Hayden. In a recollection, assumedly decades later, Hayden speaks of his father’s morning activity on a winter Sunday. In a wistful, ashamed tone, he recalls his father waking up before dawn, and chopping wood to warm the house. He makes sure the rooms are warmed, and polishes his son’s shoes for him. Concerning these labors of love,…

Macbeth leadership Macbeth reluctantly killed Duncan even though he wanted to wait and have everything play out without killing anyone. After completing the task of killing Duncan, macbeth wants to wash his hands. During this time Macbeth speaks of his remorse and Lady Macbeth finds out that he did not complete the task of leaving the knives with the guards. Se then she tells him to go back and when he refuses she…

the play saying "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up the access and passage to remorse" (1.5.30-34). Lady Macbeth is wanting to be made more like a man so she can overcome the remorse she will feel after King Duncan is dead. Since her desire for power is so strong, she is showing a more typical masculine side. Lady Macbeth is the one that convinced Macbeth to go through with…

society to label people who lack empathy. It is a mental disorder that is among the hardest ones to distinguish. It is frightening that a human being can be a pathological liar, manipulate other people easily, and is incapable of feeling any anxiety or remorse for their actions. Everyone lies whether they would like to admit to it or not, but it is different for a psychopath. Psychopaths are pathological liar, most of what…

plan, Lady Macbeth called upon dark spirits and demanded that they “Make thick my blood./Stop up the access and passage to remorse,/That no compunctious visitings of nature/Shake my fell purpose” (I.v.40-43). She desires to feel no remorse for killing the king of her kingdom, and she desires to be without compassion as it would interfere with her murderous ambition. Without remorse or compassion, she will be free to assume any persona, regardless of the morality, in any circumstance to further…