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GCSE English Literature · key term
Intense suspicion and fear that others threaten or intend to harm someone.
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Paper 1
Revise: GuiltMacbeth is morally responsible for murders even when he seems less troubled by them. His suffering also mixes remorse with paranoia: sorrow over wrongdoing is not the same as fear that someone will discover or punish it.
Component 1
Intense suspicion or fear that others threaten you. Macbeth’s guilt becomes entangled with his fear of losing power.
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