Analytical Essay
Polanski's film Macbeth shows a darker side of the story of Macbeth originally written by Shakespeare. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's tragedies and also one of Shakespeare's most violent tragedies. In this essay it will observe the following topics: the film's treatment of the original text's plot, the representations of characters and their relationships, the representation of themes, and the symbols and/or motifs in Polanski's interpretation of Macbeth.
The film's treatment of the original text's plot is one of the great tragedy themed plays by William Shakespeare. The plot is about three witches decide to confront the Scottish general Macbeth on his successful return from a war between Scotland and Norway. The witches predict one day that Macbeth will be king and then Macbeth and his wife decides to murder Duncan. Lady Macbeth's conscience now begins to torture her and imagines that she can see her hands covered with blood.
Lady Macbeth by George Cattermole.
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The representations of characters and their relationships differ in the film from the play. Comparing between Macbeth in the play and Macbeth in the movie shows us that in the film Macbeth is made to seem more evil, more vicious, more noble and warrior like. He is bigger and more powerful character. Lady Macbeth's character becomes more power hungry character in the film, Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill more people to get power and also her dead body is shown in the end of the movie after committing suicide. The witches added an element to the play and gave more emphasis in the film than in the play. They have longer scenes and are given more attention in the film and are much more influential. Also the witches are important in the...