Formal Essay Workshop
The Conclusion
How to Write a Concluding Paragraph
The conclusion is a summary of the main points
in the essay. It is a restatement of the thesis
(broken out of one sentence) and contains a
decisive close. There should be a “clincher”
statement offering words of wisdom or lessons
learned. Conclusions can be relatively short and
there should be NO NEW information presented
in the conclusion. Concluding paragraphs make
connections between the literature and the
overall themes and ideas presented in each
paragraph.
A Conclusion (psychoanalytical lens)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that by repressing
their guilt and washing their hands of the bloodshed of
others, they will clean their consciences. Despite their clear
understanding of morality, they choose to act upon their
ambitious desires and as a result of those actions, their
subconscious guilt and fear overwhelms them. The conscious
repression builds and manifests into their visions and dreams.
The bloody hallucinations are a clear sign of guilt for the
deaths of his kinsmen and friends. Fear is the fuel for vision of
the apparitions, which represent the wrongfully murdered
and the unknown. Finally, sleeplessness destroys their ability
to discern between dreams and reality, blurring their
subconscious remorse into their awareness. Shakespeare
reveals that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” through Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth’s inability to separate behaviour and
consequences from their psyche (1.1.12).
A Conclusion (psychoanalytical lens)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that by repressing
their guilt and washing their hands of the bloodshed of
others, they will clean their consciences. Despite their clear
understanding of morality, they choose to act upon their
ambitious desires and as a result of those actions, their
subconscious guilt and fear overwhelms them. The conscious
repression builds and manifests into their visions and dreams.
The bloody hallucinations are a clear sign of guilt for the
deaths of his kinsmen and friends. Fear is the fuel for vision of
the apparitions, which represent the wrongfully murdered
and the unknown. Finally, sleeplessness destroys their ability
to discern between dreams and reality, blurring their
subconscious remorse into their awareness. Shakespeare
reveals that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” through Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth’s inability to separate behaviour and
consequences from their psyche (1.1.12).
A Conclusion (psychoanalytical lens)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that by repressing
their guilt and washing their hands of the bloodshed of
others, they will clean their consciences. Despite their clear
understanding of morality, they choose to act upon their
ambitious desires and as a result of those actions, their
subconscious guilt and fear overwhelms them. The conscious
repression builds and manifests into their visions and dreams.
The bloody hallucinations are a clear sign of guilt for the
deaths of his kinsmen and friends. Fear is the fuel for vision of
the apparitions, which represent the wrongfully murdered
and the unknown. Finally, sleeplessness destroys their ability
to discern between dreams and reality, blurring their
subconscious remorse into their awareness. Shakespeare
reveals that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” through Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth’s inability to separate behaviour and
consequences from their psyche (1.1.12).
A Conclusion (psychoanalytical lens)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that by repressing
their guilt and washing their hands of the bloodshed of
others, they will clean their consciences. Despite their clear
understanding of morality, they choose to act upon their
ambitious desires and as a result of those actions, their
subconscious guilt and fear overwhelms them. The conscious
repression builds and manifests into their visions and dreams.
The bloody hallucinations are a clear sign of guilt for the
deaths of his kinsmen and friends. Fear is the fuel for vision of
the apparitions, which represent the wrongfully murdered
and the unknown. Finally, sleeplessness destroys their ability
to discern between dreams and reality, blurring their
subconscious remorse into their awareness. Shakespeare
reveals that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” through Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth’s inability to separate behaviour and
consequences from their psyche (1.1.12).
A Conclusion (psychoanalytical lens)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that by repressing
their guilt and washing their hands of the bloodshed of
others, they will clean their consciences. Despite their clear
understanding of morality, they choose to act upon their
ambitious desires and as a result of those actions, their
subconscious guilt and fear overwhelms them. The conscious
repression builds and manifests into their visions and dreams.
The bloody hallucinations are a clear sign of guilt for the
deaths of his kinsmen and friends. Fear is the fuel for vision of
the apparitions, which represent the wrongfully murdered
and the unknown. Finally, sleeplessness destroys their ability
to discern between dreams and reality, blurring their
subconscious remorse into their awareness. Shakespeare
reveals that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” through Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth’s inability to separate behaviour and
consequences from their psyche (1.1.12).
A Conclusion (psychoanalytical lens)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe that by repressing
their guilt and washing their hands of the bloodshed of
others, they will clean their consciences. Despite their clear
understanding of morality, they choose to act upon their
ambitious desires and as a result of those actions, their
subconscious guilt and fear overwhelms them. The conscious
repression builds and manifests into their visions and dreams.
The bloody hallucinations are a clear sign of guilt for the
deaths of his kinsmen and friends. Fear is the fuel for vision of
the apparitions, which represent the wrongfully murdered
and the unknown. Finally, sleeplessness destroys their ability
to discern between dreams and reality, blurring their
subconscious remorse into their awareness. Shakespeare
reveals that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” through Macbeth and
Lady Macbeth’s inability to separate behaviour and
consequences from their psyche (1.1.12).