Both Uses of
repent
in
Macbeth
- But I have spoke
With one that saw him die: who did report,
That very frankly he confessed his treasons,
Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth
A deep repentance. Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it.p. 27.1repentance = regret for having done wrong
- O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.p. 69.7 *repent = regreteditor's notes: This could be paraphrased as: "I do feel regret for the intense anger that made me kill them." Macbeth is trying to portray his killing of the guards as done in a fit of fury to avenge Duncan's death.
Definition:
to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future