Macbeth Ambiguity Essay

The well-known tragedy “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare, has been adapted into TV and film countless times in the past century. Two of the most famous film adaptations have been Roman Polanski’s 1971 version, starring Jon Finch, and a newer adaptation in 2010 by Rupert Goold, starring Patrick Stewart. Polanski’s film is known as one of the darkest and most gruesome adaptations of the tragedy, but after a thorough review of both, I believe that Goold’s version is as dark if not darker than Polanski’s

Macbeth is a noble soldier who has fought many battles in the front lines. He earns respect and receives only what he deserves. Through a series of events Macbeth goes from being a noble soldier to a greedy king who wants nothing more than power. Using the witches predictions he makes his choices to try and gain more and more power. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." (Act I, Scene I, Witches) During his greed for power he decides to do a few things to secure his future. One of which is killing a

The Internal Conflict Macbeth, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, highlights and explores the struggles to maintain and protect a natural moral order in the face of evil and chaos. There are many factors to highlight this struggle such as, the loss of better judgement when significant rewards are present, going against morality and the presence of overwhelming guilt that results in the loss of mental sanity. Amidst evil, the struggle to maintain and protect a moral and natural order becomes challenging

Throughout the plays Macbeth and Othello, the main characters are dramatically influenced by their emotions, that consequently affect their reality. In Macbeth, Shakespeare shows how the main character, Macbeth, lacks the ability to control his emotions. Likewise, in the play Othello, emotions consume Othello, the main character, causing him to have a myopic view of his predicament. Both plays are tragedies because the main character has the opportunity to achieve greatness, but ends up not living

negatively impacted. Macbeth starts out as a good person, and good soldier, true to his king, that is, until he meets the weird sisters who predict he himself will be king. With the influence of his wife, he becomes treacherous, and no longer has a know between right and wrong. By the end of the story, Macbeth was so caught up in his ambitious power hungry circle that he ended up getting killed by it, after having just about everyone turn on him. The negative influences that affect Macbeth for the worst

Evil in Macbeth Good vs. Evil is a common theme in the play Macbeth. All of the characters are caught up in the battle between what is good and what is not. Macbeth makes a shift in his character from being good to turning evil. Lady Macbeth remains evil the whole time and tries to control Macbeth. The struggles that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth face exemplify the battle of good v. evil. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth was the evil one in charge, making decisions for her and Macbeth. She was

Importance of Expressing Emotions and Feelings In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth goes through many emotions and feelings. It’s important for people to express their feelings and emotions, but do they know how to control what they are feeling? People often keep their emotions bottled up such as Lady Macbeth does, which can cause negative emotional reactions. William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth shows how Lady Macbeth experiences many emotions and keeps them bottled up, which eventually

the play "Macbeth" there is many examples to use to further the point that power can corrupt a person sometimes. In the play, before Macbeth becomes the king and is just first told by the witches that he will become the king of Scotland at some point, he is very interested in this but is still wary and not sure what to expect. However, Lady Macbeth eventually convinces Macbeth to kill the king himself, which I think she was able to do because the idea of power was very alluring to Macbeth, so in a

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are many interesting sections which could be concentrated on due to the suspense and the involvement of the supernatural. The supernatural is what causes conflict in the play and the prophecies from the witches in act one scene three is the inciting action in the piece. The supernatural causes the future conflict by motivating Macbeth to kill Duncan so he could become king of Scotland. Through temptation, the supernatural motivates characters to think arrogantly

In Macbeth and The Mask You Live In, both Shakespeare and Newsom use the motif of masculinity to demonstrate the masks that men wear and its relation to violence. Men are to be fearless and more superior than women, masculinity is to dominate over all, even if violence is to come from this dominance. Lady Macbeth tries to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan, Macbeth is hesitant to kill the gracious king but Lady Macbeth finally convinces Macbeth. Macbeth’s reaction towards Lady Macbeth’s persuation