Part one of term paper
“These deeds must not be thought / After these ways; so, it will make us mad”(II, ii, 32-33) Translation today: A guilty conscience can make a man go crazy. In the play Macbeth, this is a recurring theme throughout one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. There are many different images that help contribute to this them ...

Part two of term paper
... theme because all the characters are driven to the brink of insanity when they see blood on their own hands or in other places. This can make a character react to the people surrounding him in a unnatural way, or if it is all kept inside, these feelings might make the person totally breakdown. “Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.”(II, i, 33-34) The first image Macbeth sees is right before he kills Duncan. This image is not r ...