![]() It is the first film directed by one of the Coen brothers without the other's involvement. Before exiting, he closes the play with, ".his dead butcher and his fiend-like queen, / Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands / Took off her life this, and what needful else / That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace.The Tragedy of Macbeth is a 2021 American historical thriller film written, directed and produced by Joel Coen, based on the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The play ends with Macduff beheading Macbeth, ending his short-lived reign of 'terror.' Malcolm returns and becomes the new King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth is thought to be sick, sleepwalking when she delivers one of her most iconic lines "Out, damned spot! out, I say.". Lady Macbeth and her husband's roles have almost been switched she is now feeling guilty whereas he is even more power-hungry. The Witches meet Macbeth once again, telling him to beware of Macduff. ![]() Macbeth is speaking to his own throne where he perceives Banquo to be seated everyone else in the room thinking Macbeth is ill. That night, the Macbeths host their friends at the castle, Banquo, of course, is not there, but Macbeth sees his ghost (denoted Ghost of Banquo). Macbeth hires murderers to kill them both, but Fleance escapes. He also becomes more greedy for power, and decides he must kill Banquo and his son, Fleance, so the throne will not be taken from him. Macbeth is now king, yet he is suffering from paranoia caused by the guilt of his murder. Macbeth first experiences guilt directly after the murder, telling his wife, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red" (Act II, Scene II). His sons Malcolm and Donalbain decide to flee, fearing they will be next. The next morning, Duncan is found, stabbed to death. Lady Macbeth had drugged the guards and afterwards painted them with blood to simulate their guilt. Lady Macbeth tells her husband that all he has to do is kill Duncan and the rest will be taken care of. She threatens his manhood, saying he is less than a man if he does not do this, and argues that if Macbeth did not kill Duncan, she would. Lady Macbeth assures Macbeth that this must be done in order to take power. The regicide would be carried out by Macbeth in order to seize the throne.Īt first, Macbeth is hesitant of this, countering that Duncan is his king and his kinsman and has been nothing but lovely to him and the rest of the kingdom. When a messenger tells her Duncan is coming to stay for the night, she, more cunning than he, devises a plan to murder him. He writes to his wife, Lady Macbeth, to tell her of the news and of the prophecy. ![]() The Witches' truth begins to make Macbeth hungry to become king. Ross then arrives and tells the pair of Macbeth's new title. Banquo is told he will not become king, instead, his sons will. They tell him he is to become Thane of Cawdor and also king, which baffles Macbeth. The Witches, however, reach Macbeth before Ross does. The sargent tells of Macbeth's heroic, and arguably brutal, actions on the battlefield when he killed Macdonwald - ".he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix'd his head upon our battlements." Duncan learns his Thane of Cawdor has committed treason and renames Macbeth as such. Macbeth and Banquo are introduced as the captains. In Scene II, Duncan, King of Scotland, is met with a sargent who recounts the events of a battle. Macbeth opens with our Three Witches, who speak in what seems like riddles, telling that they will meet Macbeth, stating also that "fair is foul and foul is fair," a theme present throughout the work.
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