Conscience

A person’s inward sense of what is morally right or wrong.

A person’s inner sense of right and wrong, which can warn against an action or trouble them afterwards.

Conscience is the inner sense of right and wrong. It can resist wrongdoing before it happens; guilt can describe both responsibility for a crime and the distress that follows it. Macbeth is morally responsible for murders even when he seems less troubled by them.

A person's sense of moral right and wrong, which can produce guilt about wrongdoing.

Analyse how Antonio persuades, not just what he proposes: connect flattery, imagery and the dismissal of conscience to Sebastian's decision.

Evaluate alternative readings using precise evidence. Conscience protects Jane’s independence, but its description as a tyrant also exposes the suffering that self-control demands.

Part (b): connect earlier conscience with later consequences rather than listing moments when characters feel guilty. Use material outside the printed extract.

A person's inward sense of right and wrong, which can warn against an action or condemn it afterwards.

Conscience is their inward sense of right and wrong; remorse is regret for the wrong they have done. Fear of punishment or losing the throne can accompany remorse without being the same thing. Shakespeare often makes these feelings overlap, especially in Macbeth.

A person’s sense of right and wrong, which can restrain wrongdoing or cause guilt afterwards.

An inner sense of right and wrong that can prompt someone to feel guilty or change their behaviour.

An inner sense of right and wrong that can produce remorse and guide a person’s actions.

The repeated setting helps reveal a changed conscience: fear of personal punishment has become concern for others.

A person's inner sense of right and wrong, which may conflict with what they desire.

A person’s sense of what is morally right and wrong.

A person’s sense of right and wrong, which can warn against an action or trouble them afterwards.

A person’s inner sense of right and wrong, which can oppose a harmful action or cause distress afterwards.

Structurally, this anticipates the violence which eventually destroys Macbeth himself. His conscience gives him reasons to refuse the crime, so his later suffering follows a decision made with moral awareness.

A person’s inward sense of right and wrong, which helps them judge their own actions.

The moral awareness through which a person judges their own actions as right or wrong.

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AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702

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