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Guilt and conscience - Coggle Diagram
Guilt and conscience
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What (did we learn)
Macbeth starts the play with a conscience as he doubts and is horrified about hthe image of murdering Duncan as shwon by his solliquies
Ultimately LM encourages M to abandon his conscience by making the kings murder a test of masculinity
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abandoning hos conscience turns Macbeth into a tyrannical bloody leader leading to Scotlands 'sickness'
LM goes in opposite direction and starts to develop a conscience when she starts dreaming and sleepwalking
How is it presented
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Jacobean audiences would have seen the ghost as a demon from hell sent to turture Macbeth and also a manifestation of his guilt and lack of conscience
Why (purpose)
To a Jacobean audience, killing a king was against the natural order established by god
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part of gods punishment is the restless existence created by a guilty conscience and the knowledge that crimes like these lead to eternal damnation