First we start with the different types of guilt. The first type of guilt is infantile guilt.

Infantile guilt is the guilt felt as a child when you were reprimanded or rejected by your parents
or other caretakers. This type of guilt motivates you to change your behaviour to avoid parental
scolding or neglect. The second type of guilt is guilt derived from failing to meet parental
expectations. This is guilt which derived from, as stated before, not meeting your parents
expectations. The third type of guilt is guilt derived from failing to meet societal expectations.
This is guilt you feel when you arent what society wants you to be. This can range from
appearance to financial status to political involvement. The fourth type of guilt is childhood
omnipotent!superman or woman guilt. This is guilt where you wish something bad on someone
and it happens sometimes later. The wishing part is usually what children do. For adults it is a
little different. For them it would be superman!woman guilt. This guilt is a transformed version
of childhood omnipotent guilt. This guilt happens when one is in a traumatic or extremely
stressful situation. To cope with it one starts to believe that they have superhuman "ualities. The
more helpless and desperate they are the greater need for these superhuman abilities. The fifth
type of guilt is religious guilt. This is guilt felt from committing a sin or multiple sins. The sixth
type of guilt is guilt of doing. This type of guilt is felt when one does not live up to a moral code
espoused by ones religion. This may not be particularly that they have committed sin but that
they can live up to their spiritual beliefs because of who they are. The seventh and final type of
guilt is shadow guilt. There are two parts of our personalities, the part that we show to the world
and the part that we hide. The part that we hide is what some people call the shadow. The shadow
is the reservoir of the feelings that we, or society, deems unacceptable. #hadow guilt is derived
from either harbouring these feelings or acting upon them.
#econdly we look at the effects of guilt. $uilt makes one feel bad, no doubt, but
prolonged feelings of guilt can have very negative effects on the mind and body. The effects on
the mind include anxiety and panic, depression, paranoia, lowered self%image, self%doubt, as well
as affecting mental stability. $uilt can affect the brain and the complete structure of it if feelings
of guilt are constant. This could lead the mind denying access to the natural feelings which will
get blocked. &ow the brain will also be negative in decision making. The more guilt one feels the
more the ability to make decisions will be decreased. $uilt also has many negative effects on the
body. '$uilt could potentially immobili(e you. )ou can become so overcome by the fear of
doing, acting, saying, or being **wrong that you eventually collapse, give in, and choose
inactivity, silence, and the status "uo+ ,-essina, .ames. '/andling $uilt.' 0oping.org1 tools for
0oping with 2ife #tressors.3 4ctober 5667. http1!!coping.org!growth!guilt.htm8. #evere feelings
of guilt can even affect ones eating habits. 9hen eating habits are affected the body feeds on its
fat store causing the body to dwindle and weaken. $uilt can also affect sleep habits causing
potential insomnia if the feelings of guilt are severe enough.
Thirdly guilt and its effects on the characters of Fifth Business. First the guilt of :unstan
;amsey. <fter witnessing -rs. :empster get hit in the head with a snowball and after =aul
:empsters premature birth, :unstan feels responsible for the whole ordeal. /e doesnt tell
anyone who threw they snowball which left him to shoulder the burden of guilt alone. :unstan
was brought up being taught to always be a $ood #amaritan, and this tied into his feelings of
responsibility to the :empsters, caused him to always help them out. /is guilt caused him to run
errands for the :empsters, take =aul :empster under his wing, and stick up for the :empsters
whenever he could. The snowball is the start of where you see the start of the shaping of his
guilt, from the snowball hitting -rs. :empster and him wanting to help her to him feeling guilt
over lavishly spending money, such as buying ' a silk shirt and >paying? nine dollars for it.'
,;obertson :avies, Fifth @usiness, 0hapter 3, =art A, pg AA38 to which :unstan comments 'It
burned >him? like the devil but >he? wore it to rags, to get >his? money out of it, the garment of
guilty luxury that it was.' ,' '8. :unstan is shaped by guilt and it plagues him so that he cannot
even overspend on a simple shirt without feeling some sort of remorse. :unstans guilt is
religious guilt. /e was taught to always be a $ood #amaritan and he feels he failed that by
letting -rs. :empster get hit with the snowball instead of himself. #econd the guilt of =ercy
@oy #taunton. =ercys guilt is a little different than :unstans. =ercy feels a little bit of guilt
because he threw the snowball that made -rs. :empster go simple. =ercy wants to be the
golden boy and thus doesnt want anybody to know that he really threw the snowball. Bven
when :unstan approaches him about it later =ercy just tells him 'I threw a snowball at
you,',;obertson :avies, Fifth @usiness, 0hapter A, =art C, pg 538 and goes on to say ')ou bet
thats what I think, and its what you better think too if you know whats good for you.',' '8.
=ercy on top of wanting to look perfect to the world also pushed all the responsibility on :unstan
which is why he also feels guilty. @ecause =ercy has pushed everything onto :unstan he deals
with it by making appointments to see :unstan, giving him his stock tips, and even 'came down
to see >him? three or four times during the voyage,',;obertson :avies, Fifth @usiness, 0hapter 3,
=art 5, pg A568 on the ship they were both sailing on. =ercys guilt is a mixture of
superman!woman guilt and guilt derived from failing to meet societal expectations. =ercy feel
that he is better than everyone else and in his snobbery does not believe that guilt can ever affect
him. @y doing so he puts all the responsibility on :unstan which then causes him to feel guilty.
<lso his guilt stems from his failure to meet societal expectations. /e knows he should take
responsibility for what happened but pushes it onto :unstan instead and he has a greater guilt
watching :unstan go through life carrying such a heavy burden which he placed on him. Third
=aul :empsters guilt. :ue to the snowball hitting his mother, =auls birth was premature and
thus he was deformed when he was born. This righted itself out soon after. <fter his birth his
mother went Dsimple and could no longer care for herself let alone him. 4n top of that his father
everyday of his life, when he was old enough to understand, was told he was entirely to blame
for his mothers condition. #o therefore Eas a child >he? had to carry the weight of >his? mothers
madness as something that was >his? own doing. <nd >he? had to bear the cruelty of people who
thought her kind of madness was funny %%% a dirty joke.+ ,;obertson :avies, Fifth @usiness,
0hapter 3, =art F, pg ACG8. =auls guilt is infantile guilt.