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Hayley Von Oepen Hour 1 English 11 Guilt Can Affect Your heap Macbeth was a manipulative man. He wasnt like this before, but his wife told him that he was a coward and that there would be no way he could be nance because he was too weak. So basic each(prenominal)y, Lady Macbeth had to benefactor him plot to kill the king. Macbeths need was to be king however his best friend Banquds children were supposed to be king after Macbeth. Macbeth did not like this and plotted to kill every unmatchable in his path, thus causing his delinquent conscience. A siny conscience stool get in the way of things leading to fate, and fate may not be how one wants it to be.Shakespeares play Macbeth shows many themes. One of the themes is the role of a at fault conscience. Macbeths guilt builds up after everyone he kills. For example, when Macbeth finds out that he isnt the only one who will be king he hires thieves to kill Banquo and his children. When Macbeth was having dinner with the Lords, h e kept seeing Banquds ghost and was scared. Lady Macbeth told everyone that he does this each(prenominal) the time and that he has through this since he was a little boy. She says, Things without all remedy / Should be without regard. Whats done is done (3. 2. 3-14).Lady Macbeth is saying that undoing the past cannot be done and disregarding past deeds should be done. Think of the present and the future to come. Macbeth is furious that he wont remain king. He says, For Banquds issue have I filed my mind / For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered, / Put rancors in the vessel of my peace / Only for them, and tap eternal Jewel / Given to the common enemy of man / To make them kings, the seeds of Banquds kings (3. 1. 7()-75). Macbeth basically is saying that he is angry that Banquds kids get to be king and his do not. He did everything he could to be king and realizes that it was all for nothing.He did this all for Banquds kids, or Banquds seeds as quoted above. Macbeth was talkin g to one of his servants and his servant said, It is the cry of a woman my well-grounded Lord / The queen is dead (5. 5. 1()-11). Macbeths guilt grows more when his wife dies level off if he doesnt show it. He realizes that he shouldVe been there for his wife and that she shouldVe been here in the hereafter. And so, the role of a guilty conscience can get into the way of fate. Unfortunately for Macbeth, he realizes it too late and everyone he has loved was killed either by im or suicide.Also, in the end, once he killed so many people, Macbeth realizes he should have let fate take its course thus giving him a guilty conscience. Another one of Shakespeares themes is Fate vs. take over Will. When the witches told Macbeth he is destined to be king, that it is his fate. Macbeth states smugly and powerfully, If lot shall crown me without my stir (1. 3. 158) which agent that if he is the one who should have the crown, King Duncan would give it to him without Macbeth having to do anyth ing rash. When he isnt crowned, Macbeth decides he must kill Duncan.Also meaning, that Macbeth is following his chance and the chance is his me to the utterance (3. 1 . 70-71). This basically means that Macbeth is challenged by his fate. The words come fate means to let the fate come. So basically, Macbeth is challenging fate toa fight to a bitter end. At the starting time of the supper that Macbeth had with the great Lords, he told the murderers that it will not only be Banquo that dies, but his son, Fleance, will die too. He tells them must embrace the fate / Of that dark hour (3. 1 . 136-137). Here fate means a terrible thing that is going to happen.And because it is Macbeth, it is going to happen. As it turns out, Fleance escapes this particular fate and lives. In conclusion, Fate vs. salvage will is basically the cause of a guilty conscience. Macbeths fate to stay king, made him lose everything, including his wife and his best friend. Macbeths free will said that he could ch ange the fate that the witches prophesied to him. However, Macbeth did not change his fate, and even if he tried to it wouldVe been too late because of all the guilt he has obtained. To sum it up, a guilty conscience and fate can lead to bad consequences, even if they risk your life in the end.