Macbeth Act 1 Analysis
Remind yourself of Act1 Scene7 and its significance within the play Macbeth.
Starting with this scene, explore the ways in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented in Shakespeare’s play and one other performed version of the play.
Bibliography:
CGP GCSE English Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Complete Play
Macbeth YORK NOTES ADVANCED William Shakespeare
Cambridge School Shakespeare Macbeth
Roman Polanski Film of Macbeth (1971) “ The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Shakespeare portrays Macbeth at the start of the play as being a noble, loyal, courageous soldier who would fight for king and country. Duncan quotes “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” (Act 1 Scene2). Macbeth is the “Thane of Glamis” but when he hears the witch’s …show more content…
But in Act 1 scene 7 Shakespeare portrays her as being ruthless, ambitious, evil and persuasive. Macbeth says to her “Bring fort men- children only,” now Lady Macbeth is acting more like a male then a female by being the dominant one. Even in Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth says. “Come…..unsex me here…..of direst cruelty.” She prays to be sex less so she may carry out the deed (murder). In the text Shakespeare describes her clearly but in Polanski’s film we hardly see Lady Macbeth and when we do we cannot see her face clearly so you can’t tell what her facial expressions are. In both versions of the play the Shakespeare and Polanski portray her as being …show more content…
This is because he fears of what the witches said that banquo’s son will become king. Also, he fears that Banquo is becoming too curious as to who killed Duncan. Macbeth releases two prisoners who Banquo put in prison and orders them to get revenge by killing Banquo. This however haunts Macbeth later on in the act because he has not told Lady Macbeth of what he did. In the film Polanski shows that after the murderers kill Banquo Macbeth drowns them in a well. This shows how keen Macbeth was to keeping the throne Shakespeare shows here that Macbeth is power hungry and will stop at nothing. Macbeth is later haunted by banquo’s ghost who makes him seem like he is going mad which he is. Due to Macbeth not telling lady Macbeth about the murder of Duncan their relationship at this point is slowly collapsing as their trust in each other is fading away. Polanski shows the murder of banquo in more detail by actually showing how the murderers killed banquo. In Shakespeare’s play he does not really show how banquo was
Starting with this scene, explore the ways in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented in Shakespeare’s play and one other performed version of the play.
Bibliography:
CGP GCSE English Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Complete Play
Macbeth YORK NOTES ADVANCED William Shakespeare
Cambridge School Shakespeare Macbeth
Roman Polanski Film of Macbeth (1971) “ The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Shakespeare portrays Macbeth at the start of the play as being a noble, loyal, courageous soldier who would fight for king and country. Duncan quotes “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” (Act 1 Scene2). Macbeth is the “Thane of Glamis” but when he hears the witch’s …show more content…
But in Act 1 scene 7 Shakespeare portrays her as being ruthless, ambitious, evil and persuasive. Macbeth says to her “Bring fort men- children only,” now Lady Macbeth is acting more like a male then a female by being the dominant one. Even in Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth says. “Come…..unsex me here…..of direst cruelty.” She prays to be sex less so she may carry out the deed (murder). In the text Shakespeare describes her clearly but in Polanski’s film we hardly see Lady Macbeth and when we do we cannot see her face clearly so you can’t tell what her facial expressions are. In both versions of the play the Shakespeare and Polanski portray her as being …show more content…
This is because he fears of what the witches said that banquo’s son will become king. Also, he fears that Banquo is becoming too curious as to who killed Duncan. Macbeth releases two prisoners who Banquo put in prison and orders them to get revenge by killing Banquo. This however haunts Macbeth later on in the act because he has not told Lady Macbeth of what he did. In the film Polanski shows that after the murderers kill Banquo Macbeth drowns them in a well. This shows how keen Macbeth was to keeping the throne Shakespeare shows here that Macbeth is power hungry and will stop at nothing. Macbeth is later haunted by banquo’s ghost who makes him seem like he is going mad which he is. Due to Macbeth not telling lady Macbeth about the murder of Duncan their relationship at this point is slowly collapsing as their trust in each other is fading away. Polanski shows the murder of banquo in more detail by actually showing how the murderers killed banquo. In Shakespeare’s play he does not really show how banquo was