TEXT‚ PERFORMANCE AND FILM: AN INTERMEDIAL READING OF ANTUNES FILHO´S THRONE OF BLOOD/MACBETH Liana de Camargo Leâo (UFPR) Mail Marques de Azevedo (UNIANDRADE) “Shakespeare´s plays‚ with their inherently flexible structure and openness of style‚ positively invite distinctive re-interpretation on performance.” John Russell Brown Throne of Blood/Macbeth‚ the title of Brazilian director Antunes Filho´s staging of the Shakespearean tragedy‚ refers explicitly to Akira Kurosawa´s film‚
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For Ambition Can Lead To Guilt and An Unwelcome Fate Blood is very important to every human beings survival. It circulates throughout the body and carries oxygen and nutrients to tissues in exchange for life. If this fluid was somehow lost‚ existence would be lost as well. Blood represents both life and death but also injury. It plays an important part in life itself and without it‚ life would be lost. In the play of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses blood imagery to add a sense of fear‚ guilt‚ shame‚ insanity
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In Macbeth shakespre has used the theme of blood and death to portray the evil side. In act 2 scene 1 it says that “is dagger which I see before me‚ the handle towards my hand”. This quote tell us that Macbeth evil side is leading him to fulfil the dead of killing the king even through Duncan had named him thane of coward .This is a divine rights of king as Macbeth is trying to kill the king even through kings had the direct authority of god which back in the Jacobean times was consider to be a massive
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages in adapting a text to film‚ when seen through a different cultural perspective/lens. Use Throne of Blood/Macbeth and The Banquet/Hamlet to illustrate your discussion. Whenever a book‚ novel or any other text is adapted to film there are many advantages. The Director may choose to use the text as inspiration and give the story or setting their own clever twist‚ they may choose to be faithful to the text and take every word literally‚ or they may choose
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Along with its fantasy world‚ Game of Thrones series have consistently depicted real life themes and characters. Ultimately‚ Game of Thrones can be claimed as a series based on real world drama illustrated in a fantasy world. In the present world‚ “we all have knowledge‚ love/hate‚ scheming politics‚ sex‚ isolation.” (Game of Thrones - Interview with George R.R. Martin). Similarly‚ Game of Thrones’ storylines revolves around these themes‚ in order to generate a world similar to ours. For instance
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The story of Macbeth by William Shakespeare uses blood as an important symbol to illustrate the characters feelings and beliefs. Blood is used everywhere in Macbeth‚ the beginning in the battle field scenes‚ after they kill Duncan‚ when Banque was killed and at the end when Lady Macbeth feels that blood has stained her. Blood is used in Macbeth to symbolize many things and the meaning of blood slowly progresses throughout the play. Blood in the play symbolizes different things as the play goes by;
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Shakespeare’s classic play MacBeth is the story of a young and ambitious noble‚ MacBeth and his wife‚ Lady MacBeth living in 11th century Scotland. When MacBeth is told by three witches that he will become King of Scotland‚ his mind begins to wander. He considers killing the current king‚ Duncan‚ but he soon dismisses the thought from his mind. When Lady MacBeth hears of the witch’s prophecies‚ she urges him to take fate into his own hands and kill the king. With her help‚ he commits
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Stained Red In the play Macbeth‚ by Williams Shakespeare‚ blood is a key motif that is traced and envelops the overall theme. In the play‚ a Scottish general by the name of Macbeth indulges in a bloody rise to power and a tragic downfall. Set in medieval Scotland‚ Macbeth lets his thirst for power and his manipulative wife by the name of Lady Macbeth convince him to go on a rampage of murder stemming into chaos and eventual death for the once honorable general. Blood is prominently mentioned throughout
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Blood will Have Blood “These deeds must not be thought / After these ways; so‚ it will make us mad”(II‚ ii‚ 32-33) Translation today: A guilty conscience can make a man go crazy. In the play Macbeth‚ this is a recurring theme throughout one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. There are many different images that help contribute to this theme such as sleep/sleeplessness‚ water‚ & children‚ but the most significant image would probably that of blood. Throughout
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William Shakespeare wrote the Tragedy of Macbeth in approximately 1606 AD. He loosely based it on a historical event occurring around 1050 AD. Macbeth is the story of a nobleman‚ who‚ while trying to fulfill a prophecy told to him by three witches‚ murders his King to cause his ascension to the throne of Scotland. After the King’s murder‚ Macbeth reigns as a cruel and ruthless tyrant‚ who is forced to kill more people to keep control of the throne. Finally‚ Scottish rebels combined with English forces
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