Having watched the Polanski's and Welles' versions of Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth, which version of the opening scene with the witches did you feel was the most dramatic and encouraged you to continue watching?

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Having watched the Polanski’s and Welles’ versions of Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth, which version of the opening scene with the witches did you feel was the most dramatic and encouraged you to continue watching?

I have studied the opening scene of Welles’ and Polanski’s videos and Shakespeare’s text in detail; through this, I have discovered that the two video versions are very different from each other’s.  There are many features that I am going to consider when trying to decide the most dramatic film.  Some of these include, colour, sound, lights, and special effects alongside the language of the text.

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Shakespeare wrote this play with King James 1 in mind.  James 1 was very interested in the whole idea of witchcraft and evil at work.  Throughout this play that is “Macbeth” the witches are portrayed as very powerful.   Most of the drama of the first scene of the three versions is connected to the appearance of these witches.

From studying Welles’ “Macbeth” I have seen that the opening scene (Act 1 Scene1) was very dramatic, an had a wide selection of special features these include the weather, it was very fearful and unpleasant.

There were loud, ...

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