Guilt Quotes

Question 1

through LM’s rejection of guilt

Answer 1

“Stop up th’access and passage to remorse” (Act 1, Scene 5)

Question 2

through Macbeth’s psychological turmoil

Answer 2

“List’ning their fear, I could not say ‘Amen’” (Act 2, Scene 2)

Question 3

through Macbeth’s remorse

Answer 3

“I am afraid to think what I have done” (Act 2, Scene 2)

Question 4

through the symbol of blood

Answer 4

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?” (Act 2, Scene 2)

Question 5

through Macbeth’s moral decline

Answer 5

“There’s nothing serious in mortality. All is but toys; renown and grace is dead, The wine of life is drawn, and the mere less Is left this vault to brag of” (Act 2, Scene 3)

Question 6

through Macbeth’s anxiety

Answer 6

“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” (Act 2, Scene 3)

Question 7

through Macbeth’s hallucinations of Banquo

Answer 7

“Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me!” (Act 3, Scene 4)

Question 8

through Macbeth’s recognition of his capacity for violence

Answer 8

“I am in blood Stepp’d in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er” (Act 3, Scene 4)

Question 9

through LM’s madness

Answer 9

“The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now? What, will these hands ne’er be clean?” (Act 5, Scene 1)

Question 10

through LM’s sleepwalking monologue

Answer 10

“Here’s the smell of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O.” (Act 5, Scene 1)

Question 11

through sleeplessness and intrusive thoughts

Answer 11

“Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies That keep her from her rest” (Act 5, Scene 3)

Question 12

through Macbeth’s hesitation to fight Macduff

Answer 12

“But get thee back, my soul is too much charg’d With blood of thine already” (Act 5, Scene 8)