MACBETH AND FRANKENSTEIN QUEST FOR POWER (MACBETH WANTS TO BE KING‚ VICTOR WANTS TO CREATE LIFE) -Both have great ambition‚ get carried away and do unethical things‚ resulting in the death of innocent people HALLUCINATIONS -Macbeth visions the dagger floating‚ and hears voices talking to him after he murders Duncan -Victor thinks he sees the creature‚ but he ’s not there SUPERNATURAL -Witches in Macbeth -The Creature in Frankenstein DISLOYALTY -Macbeth is disloyal to the previous king (Murders
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In William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” the audience witness’s one man’s overriding ambitions to his iconic fall. Shakespeare makes a point of showing the deterioration of the Macbeth that entered the stage in Act 1 and the Macbeth that dies in act 7‚ showing that even the deep morality and honesty of a man like a man can worsen into a man who is willing to kill his own King – a deadly sin in Shakespeare’s 17th century. Throughout my piece I shall make unifying links between the adaptation directed by
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A Comparison of Supernatural Films Horror has been one of the most popular categories of films in the movie industry. Horror movies are divided into genres with different subgenres. Horror movies are defined by the emotional status of the person focusing on people darkest secrets and fears in relation to other genres such as science fiction or crime films that are defined by setting and narrative context (pdf). However‚ the problem with most horror movies is that disgust and fear can be interchangeable
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Although they all are their own independent films‚ there are undoubtedly several similarities between many of Alfred Hitchcock’s workings. Despite that they all may have different plot‚ the differences between the films are not very significant. There are three different types of Hitchcockian films that were watched in class; a psychological thriller (i.e.: Rope‚ Rear Window)‚ the unexpected action filled plot (i.e.: North By Northwest‚ The Man Who Knew Too Much)‚ and the mix of the two (i.e.:
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Polanski’s own personal experiences. The killing of his wife and unborn child is what led this film to be so violent. The film went overboard with the violence and began to lose its purpose. The violence made the film less of an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play and more of a barbaric Hollywood action film. Thirdly‚ a highly anticipated scene‚ the movement of the forest. After reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ one would be eager to find out how Polanski will portray the movement of the forest. However
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pictured Shakespeare’s Macbeth and how the movie showed it are aplenty. Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth‚ she is the brains behind the king’s murder. She called upon the weïrd to provide her with the ability to orchestrate the king’s murder. I Imagined her as a somewhat timid character‚ along with that‚ I assumed her to lack strength in her personality as a character. The movie portrayed Lady Macbeth very differently than I imagined her to be. This quote from Lady Macbeth is a good example of when
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Tragedy of Macbeth‚ which shows how the drive for political power can have damaging physical and psychological effects. There have been many interpretations of Macbeth and Rupert Goold’s film adaptation shows the many ways the play can be expressed. The original text of Macbeth and Rupert Goold’s film adaptation can be compared in terms of the movie’s plot‚ character development and themes. Although both have the same script‚ Goold’s version is more modernized because of the era the film is set in
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In 1606‚ William Shakespeare wrote and presented a dark‚ psychologically charged story about the evil nature of a man at odds with his conscience in the play Macbeth. Four hundred years later the movie "Scotland‚ PA" takes the play someplace it has never been: 1970’s white-trash America --- not always accurate‚ but clearly connected. Although worlds apart‚ this dysfunctional fast-food fantasy mirrors Shakespeare’s story of royal deception and assassination by capturing elements of character and plot
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Macbeth: Shakespeare’s Comparisons and Contrasts Throughout Macbeth Shakespeare uses comparison and contrast to bring out characteristics of his main character‚ Macbeth. Shakespeare uses comparison with Duncan‚ Lady Macbeth‚ and Banquo to bring out aspects of Macbeth’s character. After hearing of Macbeth’s courageousness on the battlefield‚ Duncan‚ a good and honest king‚ bestows the tittle of Cawdor on Macbeth. The king then proclaims his son Malcolm to be Prince of Cumberland‚ in
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Macbeth is a heroic tragedy set in Scotland. There are themes of supernatural powers‚ betrayal‚ murder and self-destruction in this play. It reveals how Macbeth kills to become king and how Lady Macbeth’s passion for power drives him. Like any interpretation of something Roman Polanski took artistic liberty with the play. The differences between Polanksi’s Macbeth and Shakespeare’s‚ in terms of the overall tone‚ is the brutality of the Polanksi’s film. Polanski’s version was especially gruesome‚
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