Despite Macbeth's tyrannical actions, the audience is still able to connect with Macbeth despite these actions. There is always an event in everyone's life that they wish they could undo. While not as extreme as Macbeth's murder of the king, the audience is able to empathize with the struggles of wanting to right our mistakes. Individuals often find ideology and guilt complex and unavoidable. It is necessary to find a balance between personal progress and one's morals, in the play of Macbeth it becomes increasingly clear that this balance cannot be achieved. The play is structured around the theme of guilt, as multiple characters exhibit emotions of remorse after violating their moral standards. From the beginning to the end of the play, Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth are considered ruthless, cold-blooded, and power-hungry individuals. Shakespeare provides glimpses of guilt throughout the play. The evolution of how both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth perceive and interpret the bloodshed for which they are responsible over the course of the play parallels their change in identity and ability to cope with the surrounding pressures of guilt. Throughout Macbeth's tragic work, Macbeth himself represents an apparent transformation not only in his morals but also in his motivations. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is seen by others as honorable and respected by his peers. When Macbeth first meets the three strange sisters he shows that the guilt is within him. When the strange sisters prophesy that Macbeth will take the throne, Macbeth begins to think of killing King Duncan, when thinking of this evil thought Macbeth is said to have said, "The stars hide your fires, let not the light see mine black and deep.. .... middle of paper ...... that both have the same motivations and carry the same guilt, but different in the way they handle the burden of the murder. To quote the former president of the United States, the late John Adams, “Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.” This quote is a perfect example that sums up the work, it says how you will feel very guilty for waging a war that really has no ending. positive or productive. The "war" in the quote has two purposes, one is the war in your mind that determines what and what not to do, as well as in the end when Donalbain starts a war against Macbeth Everyone experiences meaning sooner or later of guilt, but the play of Macbeth shows us how we face and deal with the human guilt that will define who we are as a person and as a society. We must not allow the thought of power to dictate our moral compass.