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Theme of Guilt (Lady Macbeth (Middle (“That which hath made them drunk…

- - - - This first quote shows Lady Macbeth pleading for her femininity to be taken from her so that she would then be able to commit the murders herself, and have the guilt of them taken from her.
        
        The first quote shows a literary element as Lady Macbeth is using her physical female traits as symbolism for the emotions she feels and the way she is attributing them to her femininity. She wishes for her blood to be thickened which really just means that she is wishing for strength and courage attributed to a man, in order to prove a point.
    - - The second quote shows Lady Macbeth using her courage and strength to show her husband that he must go through with the murder as he is the one who is supposed to be manly, but it is her that is acting this way. She is using this to motivate Macbeth. The harsh aggressiveness of the quote shows her lack of remorse on these topics.
  - - - This quotation is where Lady Macbeth explains that alcohol gave her the courage she did not have on her own, showing that she had started to see what was wrong with the murders.
    - - The quote is saying that Lady Macbeth was unable to kill Duncan because he looked too similar to her father and she was not emotionally able. She felt too guilty to kill him.
  - - - This quote is from a scene in which Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, and dreaming that her hands are once again covered in blood which she can not scrub clean, no matter how hard she tries.
    - - Lady Macbeth realizes that there is nothing in the world that can take back what she has done, or the guilt it has caused.
      - This line uses imagery to engage the reader. This is done by referencing smells instead of just what she sees. This makes the line more powerful to read.
- - - - This quote is expressing the reasons why Macbeth believes they should not kill Duncan. He is guilty because of the fact that Macbeth is Duncan's host and should invite him in to protect him not to kill him, that the king is a virtuous ruler and that will make his murder more difficult and guilt riddled.
      - "Deep Damnation" shows an analogy for murder in this context as it is speaking of what is the happen to Duncan in the afterlife, this quotation also uses dark imagery to portray how morbid these thoughts are. Examples of this are "bear the knife" "deep damnation" and "plead like angels" .
  - - - In this quote Macbeth expresses that in the time he needed assurance from God the most he could not muster the strength to ask for it. This shows the guilt of what he has done because he is unable to ask for forgiveness Because deep down he knows he does not deserve it.
    - - Here Macbeth is realizing the weight of what he had done. He has realized that there will be consequences to the murder, in the form of losing sleep. He says that the innocent sleep, not him which shows he knows himself to be guilty.
  - - - This shows that Macbeth regrets his decision to kill Duncan. He is afraid of what he has done, and torn up that he can not go back.