The Burden of
Guilt/Conscience
Sahil Jameel
Michael Pasquarello
Lilianna Ly
Morgan Brett
Act 1 Scene 7 p41
“We will proceed no further in this business.
He hath honored me of late…”
-Macbeth
He is trying to convince Lady Macbeth that
they shouldn't kill Duncan.
Act 2 Scene 1 p51
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the
handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch
thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still."
-Macbeth
Macbeth, at this point, still has his conscience.
Act 2 Scene 2 p57
“I could not say ‘Amen’ when they did say ‘God
Bless Us’”
-Macbeth
Macbeth feels unworthy of all things sacred.
Act 2 Scene 2 p59
“Whence is that knocking? How is’t with me
every noise appalls me?"
-Macbeth
Guilt is knocking on his conscience.
Parallel to when Lady Macbeth hears knocking
while she sleepwalks.
Act 3 Scene 2 p93
"O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
Thou know'st that Banquo and his Fleance
lives."
-Macbeth
His mind is full of guilt of murdering Duncan
and he is now also going to kill Banquo
Act 3 Scene 4 p103
"Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy
gory locks at me"
Macbeth imagines/sees the ghost of Banquo at
the dinner table. He hallucinates because he
feels guilty
Act 5 Scene 1 p163
"Out, damned spot, out, I say!"
-Lady Macbeth
She is trying to rub off the stain (blood) of the
murder of Duncan which represents the guilt on
her conscience.
Act 5 Scene 2 p165
"To bed, to bed. There's knocking at the gate…
what's done cannot be undone."
-Lady Macbeth
Parallels the earlier quote where they heard
knocking after Duncan was killed.
Act 5 Scene 4 p173
"There in the patient must minister to himself."
Guilt can't be cured with medicine.
Act 5 Scene 8 p185
"Of all men else I have avoided thee. But get
thee back. My soul is too much charged with
blood of thine."
-Macbeth
He is admitting guilt for killing Macduff's family.