<p>We start with Coleridge's insight (followed by Bloom) that Macbeth confuses his own pangs of conscience with imaginative fear.  Then some discussion of remorse vs. repentance as analogous to that confusion.  A couple of jokes, and then a close reading of the line "Which of you have done this" when Macbeth sees Banquo.</p>

We start with Coleridge's insight (followed by Bloom) that Macbeth confuses his own pangs of conscience with imaginative fear. Then some discussion of remorse vs. repentance as analogous to that confusion. A couple of jokes, and then a close reading of the line "Which of you have done this" when Macbeth sees Banquo.

<p>We start with Coleridge's insight (followed by Bloom) that Macbeth confuses his own pangs of conscience with imaginative fear.&nbsp; Then some discussion of remorse vs. repentance as analogous to that confusion.&nbsp; A couple of jokes, and then a close reading of the line "Which of you have done this" when Macbeth sees Banquo.</p>

Advanced Shakespeare 9 2/11/20: Remorse and repentance

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