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Prompt #222 The Metaphor of Cleansing
…was Shakespeare, so monumentally astute about human emotion, wrong to portray Lady Macbeth as unable to wash the metaphoric blood from her hands? The authors’ research suggests she might have had the wrong body part in the soapy water. In one experiment, participants were induced to tell a malicious lie either by email or voice mail. Afterwards, those who had lied “by mouth” evaluated a mouthwash more highly than a hand sanitizer, while those who transgressed “by hand” showed the opposite preference. -Science Daily
Writing Prompt: Write a scene showing what your character does to try to assuage the guilty after lying.
Journaling Prompt: How do you handle your guilt after you lie?
Art Prompt: Washing away guilt
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