Almost nothing can quite describe what guilt is, but everyone has experienced guilt. It is easy to sympathize with someone who feels remorse because everyone knows the emotional and mental toll it has. The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare is about guilt and how concerns about consequences cause him to lose reality and reveals that committing crimes to cover up one’s actions can lead to mental instability. While there are many adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth, only a few can capture his true messages. Today, Macbeth is performed through many types of media: plays, movies, operas, and ballets. However, different adaptations can capture different messages that Shakespeare was trying to portray. Although both Macbeth (2015) and Macbeth (Shakespeare …show more content…
This is a unique technique to use for Scene 2 Act 2 because Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have just committed murder. While most authors would want the audience to turn against the murderers, Shakespeare writes so the audience is sympathetic, thus emphasizing Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s emotional …show more content…
In both adaptations the audience can sense Macbeth’s remorse; however, in Macbeth (Shakespeare at Play) it is very clear through the sound of his voice and the lines that were included. In Macbeth (Shakespeare at Play) the director decided to include a crucial line of Macbeth’s which allowed the actor to perform in an unstable and wavering voice, “One cried ‘God bless us’ and ‘Amen’ the other, as they had seen me with these hangman’s hands, list’ning their fear. I could not say ‘Amen’ when they did say ‘God bless us” (Shakespeare at Play 1:42) . By choosing to include this line from Macbeth the play, the reader can see just how distraught and unstable he is. He shows how he doesn’t think he deserves god’s blessing. This pulls sympathy from the audience because of the remorse he is feeling for his actions and allows the audience to connect with him on a deeper level. In contrast, Macbeth (2015) does include these lines, which causes the audience to not have as much pity. Additionally, in Macbeth (2015) the murder of Duncan is graphically shown. Macbeth is shown brutally stabbing Duncan, and it is a very barbarous scene. By adding this scene, the director again reduces the audience’s sympathy because overwhelming feelings overtake pity. Contrastly,