Write about the creation of dramatic tension in act 2, scene 2 of “Macbeth” With reference to Shakespeare’s text and a range of film versions.

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Write about the creation of dramatic tension in act 2, scene 2 of "Macbeth" With reference to Shakespeare's text and a range of film versions.

Act 2 scene 2 is important within the play because the murder of Duncan is where the play really heats up and makes the audience to continue watching. It is also the start of Macbeths reign of king. This scene is very dramatic because Macbeth shows a lot of feelings for someone who he works for and respects. This murder is also different from all the other murders because he actually physically does the murder but the murders that come after this one are not done b him but his henchmen. The murder of Macbeth changes they way they feel about Macbeth instead of a tough strong person but a ruthless person.

Macbeth is portrayed differently in each of the film versions, which we have watched. In polanski's film he is shown to be a much more violent and ruthless person. To show this they show the audience the murder-taking place like the Jeremy Freeston and the Modern (Macbeth on the estate) versions but Polanski's shows the knife going into the neck of the king (Duncan). There is also a lot more blood shown during the murder then the other two films. There are some extras added in the film versions. One of them I have already talked about which is the murder scene. The murder is not shown in the original text. Another is when Macbeth stabs Duncan, Duncan shouts out "MACBETH!" which shows the audience how he feels because it shows Duncan shocked. The reason for Duncan being shocked is that he would not expect such a thing from Macbeth, because Macbeth is one of his most trustworthy soldiers. Whereas in the other two film versions Macbeth on the estate and the Jeremy Freeston version, Macbeth seems a lot weaker. This is because he shows a lot of feelings for Duncan after he commits the murder. At the start of the two films it shows Macbeth in a battle, which shows the audience that he is a strong, violent person. But then further on in the films they show Macbeth as a weak scared person because he find it really hard to kill Duncan who is not even going to put up a challenge for Macbeth. When Macbeth shows his feelings for Duncan he shows them in a very dramatic way which kind off puts the audience into the shoes of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is shown to be a very powerful and heartless person in freeston's version because she seems to have full control of Macbeth and can easily talk him into any thing she wants done. She talks Macbeth into going ahead with the murder of Duncan when he has second thoughts on the last minute. Overall the relationship between them is shown as s pair of ruthless, scheming and power mad murderers. Because the both want to be at the top and have control and are prepared to do anything for it even if it means killing best mates to stay at the top.
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The film 'Macbeth on the estate' is a much more modern and the director of it has put the main storyline of Shakespeare's text and put it on to a now-a day setting. By doing this, the film becomes more appealing to the younger generation. The language in the film is some off the original text but has been edited to fit in with the time. During the actual murder scene the actor of Macbeth, he shows the feeling of what e is going through really dramatically, he speaks at a fast pace and they show he walking ...

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