Scene adaptation - In a tragedy the protagonist raises to greatness, then slowly collapses. An example of a tragedy is Macbeth., by William Shakespeare, which is set in 12th century Scotland.

Amir Ghassemi

Scene adaptation Amir Ghassemi

In a tragedy the protagonist raises to greatness, then slowly collapses. An example of a tragedy is Macbeth., by William Shakespeare, which is set in 12th century Scotland. Macbeth, the protagonist is determined to become great and rise above everyone, but his ambition leads him to murder and death. The process of a tragedy is slow. It makes an audience feel happy for the protagonist then, slowly signs appear that the main character is moving towards complete destruction. The purpose of a tragedy is to create fear or sympathy, and to produce catharsis, this teaches the audience not to make the same mistakes. Macbeth’s character is a precise model for a tragedy because this protagonist, Macbeth, commits such cruel acts. This cruelty is not seen when we first meet the hero. By the end of the play he is an entirely different person than he was in the beginning.

Act 1, scene 7, starts with a soliloquy, Macbeth is confused about his choices and he’s having second thoughts. Macbeth almost talks himself out of killing the king. Macbeth also wonders whether these crimes are worth all the effort. Macbeth is Duncan’s Kinsman, subject and host and doesn’t want to hurt him. The soliloquy explains the moral and religious implications of killing Duncan and It’s only when lady Macbeth convinces him to change his mind that the story continues, “Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself?” This scene is important as it pieces together Macbeth’s character. It shows how reflective Macbeth is, if he didn’t think about his actions and didn’t worry about them, he would have been playing as an evil character that will do anything without caring, and that would completely lose the guideline to a good tragedy play. “But in these cases, we still have judgement here that we but teach bloody instructions” here, in the soliloquy, we see how reflective Macbeth is. He’s saying how he has choices and he knows the killer will be judged and killed. Religious reference. Lady Macbeth is completely different in the way she is presented through out the play. Unlike Macbeth, she seems evil at the beginning of the play and we, the audience begin to emphasise her feeling and realise that she too has a guilty conscience. Lady Macbeth is a good wife who loves her husband. She is also ambitious but lacks the morals of her husband. To reach her ambition, she gets rid of any kindness that might stand in the way. However, she runs out of energy trying to revive her conscience and kills herself.

“Here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand…” Lady Macbeth’s guilty conscience is seen as she repeatedly washes her hands as she thinks her hands are covered with blood.

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Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a very good relationship. At the times which this play is set, sexism was very common and woman were not seen equal to men. But Macbeth treats Lady Macbeth as an equal . "My dearest partner in greatness". The first thing that you notice of course is that Lady Macbeth is reading a letter. It is a letter from Macbeth, containing information about his meeting with the witches, the actual meeting itself could not be considered as betrayal, but for Macbeth to even hope for the witches information to become true is dangerous. This is very important; it shows that Macbeth trusts his wife with everything. Another indication of their relationship.

I am setting my version of Macbeth in a Mafia family. This is because of the natural tragedy that develops within mafia families. Mafia soldiers are allowed to get so close to their Dons so therefore betrayal seems easy and irresistible. This can allow the story to become more understandable and realistic. Macbeth will be very strong physically, of good height and with overwhelming bulk. He is an expert in firearms and explosives. He enjoys life as collector for the XerzesClericuzio hotel in Vegas and is proud of his Sicilian routs. He has his little weaknesses, he drinks heavily, he always gambled and he is extremely fond of his wife. All these weaknesses somehow make him more effective as a weapon. Lady Macbeth will be presented as an intellectual. She loves reading, going to the cinema and discussing music and art. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth will be an exact opposite. Macbeth is seen as a strong soldier for the Corleone Family to the outside world put is a lot more reflective and pleasant in his private life. Unlike Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is seen as a very sensitive young woman, which is only seen strong when she talks of her feminist ideas. But in their private life she is the dominant partner and is a lot more ambitious and brutal. The soliloquy at the beginning of act1 scene 7 will be set in the gardens of a mansion. Macbeth is far away from the party (celebration-christening of two infants of Carleone blood) facing the sea, as he thinks to himself, you can hear whisperings of his speech. He is smartly dressed, black suit with a red tie. As Lady Macbeth enters, they both start walking back towards the party, as they get closer to the party the tone of their conversation changes, they are desperately trying to give each others opinions but are trying to stay quiet as the could be heard by guests.

This whole scene will be set at the party in the gardens of the mansion. Every character will be dressed smartly and will have Italian ascents; children will be playing on the opposite side of the stage. The stage will be divided into three sections; the party, the children and the isolated section behind the mansion were Macbeth has the soliloquy. The stage will be bright and colourful with beautiful flowers and trees. Different sound effects must be used, bird noises, laughter and entertainment.

(Entertainment will be first, noises of anxiety, laughter and claps then music, to give a more realistic feeling of a party). I would like to give Macbeth good leadership techniques. I would like the actor playing Macbeth to sound clear, loud and dominant, to show his will for success and power. But, I would like Macbeth’s tone of voice to change towards the end of the play (especially when he talks to his wife in private).

I would like his voice to sound weak and confused. Macbeths voice should tremble to show his scared self.

I would like my version of the play to concentrate on Macbeth’s character. In my view, Macbeth character is by far the most interesting. He has a double-minded character, which makes him unique. Specially as he is presented in two completely different ways. Physically strong Macbeth and the emotionally and mentally weak Macbeth. In my view, its Macbeth’s interesting character that has made this plays such a success. From this play, we can learn many thing from different characters, but Macbeth character teaches us a lot of important things that we all face in modern society. Most Adults can tell the difference between good and bad, I believe that it’s a natural instinct that the bad seems so appealing to us, especially when it can be to our advantage. And this play illustrates that. Macbeth is a kind person, but the killing of the king was irresistible to him even though he knew it was not a moral thing to do.

The part of his character that knows he acted immoral, is the characteristic that he has that makes him weak and drive him to near insanity.

Amir Ghassemi

Ms Kenney