Guilt pictures- analysis

Within this picture, the hands could signify the strength and power the chorus of Hero’s have over Claudio. Their capability to surround and isolate Claudio have a further impact on the guilt he feels- perhaps causing him to place all the blame upon himself. Here, the man pictured is lying against the ground, as though cowering away from the hands. This could suggest how Hero is intensifying his weaknesses and causing him to give in to the guilt eating away at his conscience. As an individual he has much less power than the manipulative force that the chorus of Hero’s maintain. 

This image could represent how Claudio is blinded by guilt. All the different colors represent different events that he regrets therefore forming a mental block- he is unable to forgive himself and has become isolated from the world (living in the misery of his past).

Similarly to the previous two ideas, this picture represents the effects of his guilt. Each regret is like a burden Claudio has to carry and takes shamefully upon himself. The nails could suggest how he is being consumed by mental illness/post-traumatic stress – they are having a physical and mental toll which affects his daily life. Alongside his own shame, some of these nails could represent loss (of Hero) and perhaps the ways in which she also hurt him. The beginning of our play presents the couple fighting therefore she could have said or done something to hurt Claudio in the same way that he hurt her.

 This picture could represent how Claudio is trapped in a world of guilt – which is suffocating him. He is surrounded by the destruction he has caused and the people/Hero he has left wounded (as seen by the hands reaching out for help in the reflection). The background of the picture is dry and deserted suggesting that the beauty and happiness has left his life.  Further to this idea, the background could also represent his feelings/emotions- empty, lonely, dull, lifeless.