Essay On The Witches In Macbeth

In the first place it is worth noting the situation of this scene of the witches within the plot of Macbeth because, in the text of William Shakespeare appears as Scene III, while in the adaptation of Orson Welles develops in the first scene, nothing else begin the film, following the presentation of the witches that Shakespeare performed in Scene I.
In the film version of Kurosawa, Throne of Blood, the first scene of the witches is omitted from the text and this third scene that concerns us, happens after the news that arrives at the Castle of the Spider, from the mouths of messengers, who report the situation of the war and the debate that is generated about the actions that are going to be taken.
The setting of the scene has a certain relationship …show more content…
This feeling is perfectly embodied in Throne of Blood when before finding the witch, the two characters enter the Forest of the Webs trying to reach their castle, a forest is known in detail, but that becomes a trap that gets them lost. Perhaps, they think first, because of the rain, later they suspect that it is an evil spirit that blocks their path, a force that disorients and paralyses them, a spider's web that is referenced throughout the film, from the name of the Castle in the thread that the witch is …show more content…
In this version, it is curious that the witches are frightened away with contempt, almost treated as animals, by the guard of Macbeth that appears in the scene. This suggests that it is not just a hallucination seen by Macbeth and Banquo. Their uncertainty of the characters who doubt if they have suffered a hallucination, or if they have seen three witches, also dissipates at the end of the scene of the Orson Welles film, where, after the witches disappear (in an unmagical way, they flee running) although a certain restlessness remains in Macbeth's