How Is Guilt Presented In Macbeth

Thought-out history mass numbers of novels utilize the theme of guilt in order with the purpose of making a story more intriguing. This essay compares the guilt used in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and the novel Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The theme of guilt is apparent and a major part of Great Expectations and Macbeth but, the way the author applies these themes are vastly divergent. In Macbeth, Macbeth suffers more from guilt compared to Pip, since in Macbeth, Macbeth suffers hallucinations, and ultimately the death of Lady Macbeth. In great expectation, Pip's dues are paid and dos do not suffer any real consequence from the effects of guilt. Also, the guilt in Pip is not the same as the guilt in Macbeth, for Pip, guilt is used as a motivation.

Lastly, I feel like the overall guilt in Macbeth is more apparent and easier to identify opposed to the guilt in Great Expectations.

The guilt that Macbeth suffers greatly from guilt, guilt not only destroys Macbeth’s physically but mentally, not only Macbeth but Lady Macbeth as well. The first instance of guilt in Macbeth is where he kills King Duncan “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this is my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red. –Macbeth (2.2) “This is the first instance of guilt where Macbeth is shaken by the act of killing the king. This quote is saying that Duncan’s blood is a symbol of guilt and can therefore never be washed away no matter how much water there is. We are already seeing in the earlier scenes that killing the king is something that Macbeth will always remember, but this is not enough to prevent Macbeth from murdering others. Also, another example of guilt greatly affecting Macbeth is in the famous dagger soliloquy. “Is this a dagger which I see before me […] Proceeding from the heat-oppressed