Symbolism In Macbeth
Symbolisms in Macbeth the Movie The Tragedy of Macbeth was written in 1606 AD by William Shakespeare. Roman Polanski directed this movie; and it was released on October 13th, 1971. The rating for this movie on IMDb is 7.5 out of 10. According to Steve Biodrowski, the 1971 film version which was taken from Shakespeare’s text downplays the violence. The director takes a unique path in his movie, and the result is one of the best Shakespearian adaptations.
In the movie, symbolism plays an important role to assist the theme of corruption of power and murder. Throughout the movie, there are several symbols that are used to emphasize these themes. Blood representing guilt, pain, and murder, contrast between light and dark symbolizes good and evil and pattern of purification by using water to represents removal of guilt. All of these symbolisms were displayed to achieve the topic of evil. Macbeth is the story about a nobleman, who is trying to fulfill a prophecy told by the three witches. He murders his King to become the …show more content…
Macbeth feels uncomfortable with the blood that he sees on his hands, so he quickly tries to get rid of it after killing the guards. A quote from the movie that Lady Macbeth uses to describe the image of blood was, “Here 's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”. This quote is trying to explain to the audience that she is cursed by the smell of blood. She is drowned in guilt due to being haunted by horror and fear. After the murder takes place, Lady Macbeth would sleepwalk in the castle; she sees blood that is not there. This occurs because she knows her own guilt and realizes the mistakes that she has made; however she cannot undo what she has done. Sleep is a natural process and the disruption that they caused by the fracture of moral
In the movie, symbolism plays an important role to assist the theme of corruption of power and murder. Throughout the movie, there are several symbols that are used to emphasize these themes. Blood representing guilt, pain, and murder, contrast between light and dark symbolizes good and evil and pattern of purification by using water to represents removal of guilt. All of these symbolisms were displayed to achieve the topic of evil. Macbeth is the story about a nobleman, who is trying to fulfill a prophecy told by the three witches. He murders his King to become the …show more content…
Macbeth feels uncomfortable with the blood that he sees on his hands, so he quickly tries to get rid of it after killing the guards. A quote from the movie that Lady Macbeth uses to describe the image of blood was, “Here 's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”. This quote is trying to explain to the audience that she is cursed by the smell of blood. She is drowned in guilt due to being haunted by horror and fear. After the murder takes place, Lady Macbeth would sleepwalk in the castle; she sees blood that is not there. This occurs because she knows her own guilt and realizes the mistakes that she has made; however she cannot undo what she has done. Sleep is a natural process and the disruption that they caused by the fracture of moral