The term guilt can be found in general dictionaries of Croatian language, but as a word with multiple meanings, it can be defined in different contexts: in a legal context it means responsibility for an act against the law, in a psychological context it's an emotion stemming from the person's belief of being responsible for something that left visible consequences, while theology connects the term to a sin, to an act of transgression against divine law. Numerous writers have included the motif of guilt, defined from all three aspects, in their work, which is why the opus of many worldwide famous authors, from the earliest to modern literature, contains characters being responsible for something in front of the law, or bearing guilt within themselves. The motif of guilt can also be found in theater plays: tragedy, comedy and drama in a narrow sense, and the bearers of that guilt are scenic characters driven into scenic conflicts. One author who carved his name into the Croatian theater play scene, marking the entire 20th century with his versatility, is the proseist, essayist, politician and playwright Miroslav Krleža. His cycle about the Glembays, consisting of eleven prose texts and three plays, puts a special emphasis on presenting the state of society of his time, but also on the psychological analysis of the characters. The Glembays is a psychological play, with characters wrapped in a veil of guilt, and its protagonist, Leone Glembay, moves the story following the guilt of all the members of the Glembay family forward.