Polanski has used certain effects to introduce a much more supernatural fell to his production, making Macbeth seem slightly more innocent of his crimes, by giving the impression that he was pushed by the will of the witches, this is shown by the importance given to the witches in certain scenes.
In the play the witches are highly influential, and very important characters. They make a number of prophecies about Macbeth, which would totally change his life. The Polanski version is very successful in creating an atmosphere of the eerie and supernatural. It achieves this by using different techniques. An interesting technique is used towards the end as the witches leave the scene. They appear to be walking slowly but moving very far, "hovering through the fog and filthy air". The silhouettes of the witches then become the letters for the title; this graphic suggests the thematic link between the witches and Macbeth.
In the play Macbeth is portrayed as being guilty from the moment he herd the witches prophecy only being pushed on by his wife, leaving all of his evil treats to be of his own mind. Whereas Polanski shows a man pushed into everything a strong and noble man how was, a little weak of mind and easily persuaded to do evil for the long term rewards.
In the play the witches play a lesser role in leading Macbeth astray than in Polanski’s Macbeth, in the play they play only the role of ambassador between Macbeth and the devil, whereas in Polanskis film they play a much greater role in bringing macbeth astray, influencing his sub-conscious, altering the natural world and dragging the poor hero off the straight and narrow. In Polanski’s “Macbeth,” the witches are portrayed as of three different ages, varying from young to old, and one of them has their eyes overgrown with skin. They all wear very old and tatty clothes. I think Polanski has been very successful in creating an evil atmosphere around them; when the witches are seen in this production, the weather is always very dull and dreary, the way they speak sounds very evil, and the location in which they are seen is always very dull.
But in all productions by the end Macbeth is unmistakeably evil, weather this is because he has been drawn to it by the evils of the supernatural or by his own greed and choosing. The evil atrocities at the end of the play a unforgivable these are excaudurated in polanskis film to show that the evil of the of the witches has taken
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over him, or at least for the moment. Roman Polanski's version of the play doesn't change too much as it is for a cinema audience, and the people viewing it would have paid and would have been expecting a more conventional, unchanged 'Macbeth' because they made a deliberate choice to view it.
Thou by the end of play Macbeth have seen the error of this ways but by this time is to late, he realises that he has been tricked by the witches during the big climax of the play where he is fighting for his life. In this battle all his sins melt away and as he fights bravely to the death, reclaiming all the bravery, honour and valour he started the play with.
