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GCSE English Literature · key term
Deep regret and guilt for wrongdoing.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Deep regret for wrongdoing, particularly sorrow for the harm caused to others.
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.
Deep regret or guilt for a wrong someone has committed.
Connect the extract to relevant changes elsewhere in the novel, especially the movement from revenge to remorse.
Test alternative interpretations against later behaviour: this helps you reach a supported judgement about whether remorse is genuine.
Part (b): distinguish remorse from fear of discovery or losing power. Macbeth can experience both, but they are not identical.
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Painful regret and guilt about wrongdoing.
Painful guilt about wrongdoing. The creature’s final speech presents remorse as a punishment that revenge has failed to relieve.
Painful guilt and regret for wrongdoing.
Deep regret for harm or wrongdoing that a person recognises they have caused.
A deep feeling of regret for having done wrong.
Deep regret for harm or wrongdoing for which a person accepts responsibility.
Genuine regret for having acted wrongly, rather than simply fear of being caught or punished.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Deep regret for wrongdoing, involving recognition of the harm or wrong committed.
Revise: GuiltConscience 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.
Deep regret for having done something wrong, involving recognition of the harm caused.
Sincere regret for wrongdoing, involving recognition of the harm caused to someone else.
Deep regret for wrongdoing and the suffering it has caused.
Deep regret for having done wrong, rather than simply unhappiness about what has happened to oneself.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Deep regret for wrongdoing, involving recognition of the harm caused.
Revise: EricPriestley develops him from an uneasy, evasive young man into someone who admits that the family’s actions matter, even if they escape punishment. His remorse offers hope of change without making him innocent.
Sorrow or regret for wrongdoing, especially for the harm caused to someone else.
Deep regret for harm one has caused. Miss Havisham’s remorse develops when she recognises the suffering she has inflicted on Pip and Estella.
Painful regret or guilt about something one has done; it does not necessarily lead to changed behaviour.
Deep regret for having done wrong, rather than simply fear of punishment or discovery.
Component 1, Component 2
Deep regret for wrongdoing, especially for the harm caused to others.
Revise: GuiltIn her soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 5, she asks the spirits to “Stop up the access and passage to remorse”. The imperative “Stop” presents conscience as an obstacle she wants blocked. Yet the request also suggests that remorse is a genuine possibility: she needs help to resist it.
Deep regret and guilt for a wrong a person has committed.
Deep regret and guilt about harm caused by one’s actions.
Deep regret for wrongdoing, involving recognition of the harm caused rather than merely fear of punishment.
Deep regret or guilt about having done wrong.
Painful regret for harm one has caused. Remorse may begin moral change, but does not itself repair the harm.
Deep regret for harm or wrongdoing, involving recognition of responsibility rather than merely unhappiness about the consequences.
Deep regret for wrongdoing. Marley’s punishment involves recognising the help he could have given others while alive.
Deep regret for a wrong someone has done, often accompanied by a wish to behave differently.
Deep sorrow or guilt about a wrong one has done.
Deep regret for wrongdoing, rather than merely sadness about an unpleasant experience.
Deep regret or guilt about wrongdoing for which a person feels responsible.
Painful regret and guilt about a wrong a person has committed.
Deep regret and guilt about harm one has caused, rather than simply distress about one's own suffering.
Painful recognition of, and regret for, one’s own wrongdoing.
