Desire makes man, ambition destroys man

Alvina 2022-03-21 09:02:10

Look upon the ruins of the castle of delusion

Haunted only now by the spirits of those who perished

A scene of carriage, Born of consuming desire

Never changing

Now and throughout eternity

Here Stood Spider's Web Castle

This appears twice.

Akira Kurosawa used the film to prove that "Macbeth" has nothing to do with it.

In the face of desire, everyone should be at risk.

The first factor in the externalization of desire is strong guidance.

"Lady Macbeth" knows "Macbeth" very well.

They are smart, decisive, and extremely strategic.

"In this degenerate age, one must kill so as not to be killed."

In a word, the background of personal desire is linked to the era of irreversibility, and killing and confrontation are cited as the only solutions.

Knowing the deepest ambitions of "Macbeth", the ladies knew how to pave the way for those desires at the most opportune moment.

The wife encouraged "Macbeth" to say "ambition makes a man" before committing the first murder, handing over the murder weapon directly to her husband, and interpreting the cause and effect as the rationalization of desire.

The second factor, effective prophecy.

If the direction of the prophecy is in line with personal expectations, it is equivalent to getting the trump card of your life.

As in the film, the son says to his father who is willing to bet on the prophecy, "The spirit has tricked you into fulfilling it prophecies and now you believe the prophecies have come true. Is it wise?"

So even though he kept shouting "evil spirit", every time Macbeth felt uncertain, he was still eager to see "evil".

The third and most fundamental, personal desire without boundaries.

Many people often analyze these sinister roles played by women, or prophets. But external incentives are not enough without the other party's equal or even greater ambitions.

Ambition makes a man

TRUE

But only tells half of the story

Desire makes man, ambition destroys man.

Desire and ambition are essentially the same.

Just in this degree, scope, time.

People, people, in the face of desire, you should always be in danger.

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Extended Reading
  • Sedrick 2022-04-23 07:02:32

    Finally a work of Akira Kurosawa with four stars. But still very thought provoking. The same prediction results, there may be very many process possibilities, positive and negative. Only villains and women are difficult to raise. "Little Women" is more fun. . .

  • Gracie 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    Akira Kurosawa almost completely materialized Toshiro Mifune in his image world. Toshiro Mifune in Akira Kurosawa's films is not a flesh and blood person, he is more like the consistent core symbol in Akira Kurosawa's films. Every time he stares , anger, and hysteria are just a twilight-like reproduction of the original image of his body. Like Banderas in the early Almodovar films, it refers to a pure and highly concentrated entity of sensuality and desire. The same is true of Toshiro Mifune. His masculinity and sturdy sexiness are the most dazzling ideograms in Akira Kurosawa's video world.

Throne of Blood quotes

  • Taketori Washizu: I am terribly drunk...

  • Old Ghost Woman: [singing] Men are vain and death is long, And pride dies first within the grave, For hair and nails are growing still, When face and fame are gone, Nothing in this world will save, Or measure up man's actions here, Nor in the next - for there is none, This life must end in fear, Only evil may maintain, An afterlife for those who will, Who love this world - who have no son, To whom ambition calls, Even so - this false fame falls, Death will reign - man dies in vain.