I recently enjoyed the movie "Macbeth". It is a good movie in terms of screen setting, character building, and visual style. The feeling after reading it is that the tragedy is indeed the most moving. Of course, a movie alone is not enough to make a rash comment on Shakespeare's classics. This article is just to communicate with you about the tragedy itself.
summary of the story
General Macbeth, the cousin of King Duncan of Scotland, met three witches on his way home with his colleague General Banquo. The witch made three prophecies to them, one is that Macbeth will become a knight; the other is that Macbeth will become king; the third is that Macbeth's descendants of Banquo will eventually inherit the throne. After the first prophecy was spoken, Macbeth, at the instigation of his wife, murdered King Duncan and blamed Duncan's guards. After he became king, he was worried about the threat of the third prophecy and killed his friend Banquo. Fear and suspicion made Macbeth more and more ghosts, becoming more and more cruel and ruthless, and massacred innocent people. Lady Macbeth eventually lost her mind and died. In the case of betrayal and separation, Macbeth was besieged by Duncan's son Malcolm and the English reinforcements he invited, and finally died, and the witch's third prophecy became a reality.
Where did Macbeth's tragedy come from?
I think that Macbeth's underlying ambition and brutal nature were the main causes of his tragedy. In front of the benevolent King Duncan, he worked hard and made great achievements, and Duncan trusted him to rely on him, which also increased his subconscious desire for power. Although the three witches represent supernatural power, they also represent the hidden evil part of Macbeth's heart. Second, the belief in fate is another cause of Macbeth's tragedy. Lady Macbeth also played a role in the whole incident. After the first prophecy was fulfilled, the ambitious and extremely vicious Lady Macbeth encouraged Macbeth to kill Duncan for her own desires. Although there are cowardly parts in Macbeth's character, in the end it is his inner desires that prevail, and he finally takes the first step towards destruction.
Can man overcome fate
After Macbeth became king, he did not get the happiness and satisfaction he expected, and he lived in extreme fear and suffering every day. Especially when the man who murdered Banquo returned to say that Banquo's son escaped unfortunately, which drove him almost crazy. The witch's third prophecy became his nightmare. Every day, he was worried that the enemy would come to him, and at the same time, he was suffering from a sense of morality. He was tyrannical, he tortured himself, he seemed to be caught in a fatal cycle. Unlike Oedipus in Greek mythology, he did not choose to escape fate, but chose to fight against fate and challenge the god of fate. Macbeth, however, lost after exhaustion, a crushing defeat.
Unlike other Shakespeare stories, such as Hamlet and King Lear, Macbeth is more sympathetic. But although Macbeth's characters are characterized as "evil", I still see Shakespeare looking down on human nature and full of great compassion for the weaknesses of human nature. Macbeth is actually very pitiful throughout the story. One cannot overcome fate. Once desire and greed appear, stepping in one step seems to be entering a vicious circle. No matter how hard you struggle, whether you escape or struggle, you will end up being tortured and mentally disillusioned, and you will still not be able to escape God’s arrangement.
The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a compelling character throughout the story. For hundreds of years, she was considered a cruel, vicious woman who was the direct cause and culprit in the tragedy of Macbeth. In the second half of the 16th century, when men were at the center of the struggle for power, and women were unable to participate in the struggle itself, Lady Macbeth, as women, became the catalyst for the conspiracy to usurp the throne.
So I think that Lady Macbeth only represents Macbeth's most primitive desire. She knew her husband, and after learning the prophecy, she showed even more cruelty and resoluteness. Even after Macbeth successfully killed the king, she returned home with her husband who was pale with a knife, his hands trembling, and his eyes were slack. Carry out the aftermath. But after Macbeth takes her first evil step, she finds that she can no longer control her husband. At the same time, he was constantly condemned by his conscience and felt the infinite mental pressure brought about by his guilt. Soon, her heart became disordered, and she told her crimes in "sleepwalking", and finally committed suicide and died of insanity. After watching the movie "Macbeth", it is not difficult to find that Mrs. Macbeth is not a heinous villain in essence, she also has a very complex character.
The Beauty of Shakespeare's Works
The whole film is filled with a gloomy, terrifying and bloody atmosphere: night, crow, witch, hell, gale, ghost, viper, killing... Although it has been slightly adapted, it basically respects the charm of Shakespeare's original work. I especially like the poem-like lines in it:
Macbeth: Go, deceive people's eyes and ears with the most beautiful appearance; the treacherous heart must be covered with a false smile.
My feet are already in a pool of blood, and if I stop wading in the blood, the way back will be just as tiresome.
Hecate: There is a wet dewdrop hanging from the corner of the moon. I want to ingest it before it falls to the ground. After refining it with magic, I can use it to call spirits and call ghosts and confuse all kinds of false apparitions. His nature; he will despise fate, scorn life and death, transcend all reason, cast aside all doubts, cling to his impossible hope; you all know that self-confidence is the greatest enemy of mankind.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, another tomorrow, day by day, day by day, till the last second; all our yesterdays, but light the way to the soil of death for fools. Go out, go out, short candlelight! Life is but a walking shadow, a clumsy actor on the stage pointing fingers and receding in silence for a moment; it is a story told by a fool, full of noise and commotion, but can't find it little meaning.
Desire, like a balloon, is constantly expanding in the air; the result of expansion is not satisfaction, but an enlarged appetite. The uncontrolled inflated desire will inevitably fail to escape the fate of final destruction! We should always remember to relax the tight ball of desire in our hearts, and life can be truly beautiful!
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