Examples Of Guilt In Macbeth

Most people in their life will face guilt after doing something, whether it is leaving a knife out for your little brother to reach or killing someone. In the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, Macbeth faces the guilt of something very bad, killing Duncan. Macbeth says, “I am afraid to think what I have done. Look on ‘t again I dare not.” (Shakespeare 2.2, 66-67). Macbeth is talking to his wife while he says this. He just killed Duncan, and is feeling guilty of his actions. Macbeth was supposed to leave the daggers, but instead he brought them with him. He is very worried that someone heard and/or saw him do this. Lady Macbeth is reassuring him that everything will be ok, she then takes the daggers from Macbeth and returns them to the right