“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”

March 1st, 2011 in Article 2 comments

Lady Macbeth

For those of you who’ve forgotten or perhaps even repressed your memories of high school English class, the line in the title is the cry of the power-hungry and all-around homicidal maniac Lady Macbeth, the female lead in Shakespeare’s great tragedy, Macbeth. After having committed regicide so that her husband may become king, she becomes convinced that she cannot wash King Duncan’s blood from her hands.  Thoughts are soliloquized, guilt is manifested in madness, and archetypes are born.

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Tagged Behavior, Cleanliness, Ethics, Guilt, Morality, religion, Shakespeare, The Lady Macbeth Effect