In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, a man named Macbeth goes through a hero’s journey(of sorts) in which he kills to reach the top position as King, but soon discovers holding onto this position and grief over time is a whole other issue. This results in his sense of reality to become blinded by greed and power, which ultimately results in his tragic downfall. Furthermore, this play is over four hundred years old, so one can infer that there have been many different interpretations of this famous Shakespeare play, however, the two interpretations that I will focus on are an open-air play, or stage, version and a World War ll, or film, version. To begin, the stage/play version utilized a more traditionally themed set up in order
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For example, the film production better portrays the characters as the way they were supposed to be intended than the play version. For instance, in the play, the characters’ personas are magnified due to the fact that they must speak loud in order to be heard. This results in over dramatic and, sometimes frantic, characters, which are not the strong, persistent individuals that were portrayed in the original script. Having said that, since the film version is not performed in front of an audience, it is easier for these actors to portray multiple emotions or personas as the film progresses, which is one of the reasons why this version better illustrates Shakespeare’s intentions than the play. Take Lady Macbeth for an example. In the play, she was always crying and isn’t depicted as the mastermind the original script made her out to be. However, in the film, Lady Macbeth is the backbone, or the mastermind, to King Duncan’s murder and never sheds and single tear for no emotion can be solidified when the harsh words of a leader are being poured out of one’s mouth. Lady Macbeth’s fall from grace is also better represented in the film. For in the original script, it is evident when she starts to lose her mind, but in the play version it is harder to tell. The film version shows Lady Macbeth’s mind deteriorating through actions such as the one scene where she begins to scrub at her hand at the dinner table alluding to the “damned spot”
For example, the film production better portrays the characters as the way they were supposed to be intended than the play version. For instance, in the play, the characters’ personas are magnified due to the fact that they must speak loud in order to be heard. This results in over dramatic and, sometimes frantic, characters, which are not the strong, persistent individuals that were portrayed in the original script. Having said that, since the film version is not performed in front of an audience, it is easier for these actors to portray multiple emotions or personas as the film progresses, which is one of the reasons why this version better illustrates Shakespeare’s intentions than the play. Take Lady Macbeth for an example. In the play, she was always crying and isn’t depicted as the mastermind the original script made her out to be. However, in the film, Lady Macbeth is the backbone, or the mastermind, to King Duncan’s murder and never sheds and single tear for no emotion can be solidified when the harsh words of a leader are being poured out of one’s mouth. Lady Macbeth’s fall from grace is also better represented in the film. For in the original script, it is evident when she starts to lose her mind, but in the play version it is harder to tell. The film version shows Lady Macbeth’s mind deteriorating through actions such as the one scene where she begins to scrub at her hand at the dinner table alluding to the “damned spot”