What does the role Ralph and Piggy have in Simon's death say about their respectives states at this point in the story?

Ralph and Piggy's role is Simon's death makes them as guilty as everyone else..... they were accomplices.

Both boys feel extreme guilt, but they deal with it differently. Ralph is shocked by the role all the boys play in killing Simon. At the beginning of chapter 10, he is ridden with guilt and tells Piggy that it was murder. Piggy seeks to explain what happened and why. He attributes the death to the boys' fear and calls it an accident, then he attributes responsibility to Simon for creating the fear. Piggy tries to end the conversation, while Ralph cannot help but talk about the savagery that has taken over.