In creating a scene that correctly integrated ten quotes from Macbeth and was otherwise comprehensible to an outsider, my initial objective was to find a general topic for the play that could reuse lines from Shakespeare in an original yet understandable way. Instead of starting out by developing setting and characters, Tiffany and I set out by writing out lines of Shakespeare that best fit the basic context of our scene, being a fight between two college roommates. The fight stems from built up tension rising from the difficulties of living with someone who has a different standard of cleanliness than yourself. As a great deal of the quotes suggested for integration could be manipulated to be in reference to frustration with another person or a situation, a fight seemed to make the most sense for a medium in which to present our recycled lines.
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I need to get my rental deposit back.” and the following aside. This line partially manipulated the original meaning as expressed by Lady Macbeth in a metaphorical reference to the non-existent spot of blood on her hands as a reminder of her part in King Duncan’s murder, but maintains the initial meaning as an expression of frustration during futile cleaning. Another quotation largely built on the original quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is the line “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow... you say that every day!” This line, more so than others, changes the meaning of the line as it was originally used, as it again expresses frustration instead of Macbeth’s faltering perception of the concept of time following the news of his wife’s suicide. However, both usages capture the respective characters’ sense of the infinity of time as something
I need to get my rental deposit back.” and the following aside. This line partially manipulated the original meaning as expressed by Lady Macbeth in a metaphorical reference to the non-existent spot of blood on her hands as a reminder of her part in King Duncan’s murder, but maintains the initial meaning as an expression of frustration during futile cleaning. Another quotation largely built on the original quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is the line “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow... you say that every day!” This line, more so than others, changes the meaning of the line as it was originally used, as it again expresses frustration instead of Macbeth’s faltering perception of the concept of time following the news of his wife’s suicide. However, both usages capture the respective characters’ sense of the infinity of time as something