Guilt is a very powerful emotion that an individual always feels in relation to others and which finds its origin in the harm done by one person to another. The two significant literary works of Macbeth and The Kite Runner, although constructed centuries apart, revolve around an incessant feeling of guilt felt by the central characters Macbeth and Amir, and the ordeal that they had to cross due to psychological and psychological disorders. practical consequences of this guilt. In the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth, although Macbeth manages to murder the Scottish king Duncan to actualize the prophecy of the three witches, the guilt emanating from such nefarious actions and intentions continues to foreshadow Macbeth's life throughout the plot . Just as Macbeth approaches Lady Macbeth with his hands drenched in Duncan's blood, his deep guilt oozes as he says, "I seemed to have heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more;/Macbeth murders sleep (2.2.45-46).” Thus, from this point on, Macbeth reveals himself to be greatly piqued by an unrelenting and continually nagging sense of guilt that drives him to engage in strange and suspicion-generating acts and mannerisms. Yet Macbeth repeatedly interprets his guilt as a sign of cowardice and continues to shed even more blood to solidify his hold on an ill-gotten throne. The torment and anguish inherent in these lines imbued with seeds of guilt eventually metamorphose into a real feeling of guilt and shame which continues to torment his soul. As the play progresses, the consequences of Macbeth's deep-seated guilt assume such gargantuan and vivid proportions that they are in fact personified by the appearance of Banquo who materializes before Macbeth, while he is sitting in the middle of the most...... middle of paper. ....by Amir in his childhood not only seriously colors his relationship with Hassan, whose innocence he failed to protect from the evil and authoritarian Assef, but this guilt continues to remain with Hassan while he moves to America and starts a new life. Ultimately, Amir chooses to redeem himself by choosing to protect Sohrab, Hassan's son. The guilt that drove Amir away from his childhood friend somehow manages to reunite him with Hassan, albeit in a different way. Thus, the two works of Macbeth and The Kite Runner not only present to humanity the immense power and might of guilt, but also vividly reveal the possible consequences of guilt attributable to an evil act or an act of cowardice or betrayal. These two works expose the psychology of guilt in a very vivid and threadbare way, which explains their appeal and the human interest they arouse...