‘Gainst dawn, I am woke furiously mashing mine keyboard,
Mine essay to be created.
T’was late, but I see suddenly
Mine fine paper with a number so abhorred,
Even the milkiest of white-out wilt not suffice.
Choler fills me which,
In return, fills mine ambition with excitement,
But mine ambition drives I to the brink of insanity
As twas an all-nighter.
The guilt of procrastinating enclosed me as I started my paper the night before thinking the consequences would be lenient. However, my thoughts are proved wrong, causing my hallucination as my worry and guilt grips me seeing the bad grade on my paper.
This situation is similar to that of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth by William Shakespeare because they believed that the consequences of murdering others for the throne of Scotland would be insignificant compared to being rulers. They plot a murder due to their ambitions of becoming the rulers only to feel guilty because the newfound superiority could not subdue the consequences. For example, Macbeth sees the vision of a floating dagger, representing his
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In her trance, she walks into the room with the Doctor and Gentlewoman who overhear her sleep talk. She continuously rubs her hands together and utters, “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All / the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little / hand. O, O, O!” (5.1. 53-55). The blood on her hands indicates the murders of Duncan and others who have died because of her and Macbeth’s ambition. However, as blood can be masked within a strong scent, such as the perfumes of Arabia, it is not the case for Lady Macbeth in her sleep because the guilt she feels is overwhelming her ability to forgive herself and forget her sins. Therefore, Lady Macbeth expresses her guilt through her vision while sleeping which is caused by her ambition and