Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's four tragedies, not a tragedy of personal fate, but a tragedy of human nature. A successful hero, encouraged by the witch, the desire for power and the help of his wife, killed the king who believed in him, but fell into the unease and madness of the king-killer, and finally betrayed his relatives and separated from his family, and tried to die for liberation.
The most remarkable thing about this work is that Shakespeare captured the indescribable thoughts in the human heart. What is even more wonderful is Shakespeare's exquisite description of the little changes in the psychological states of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, or the use of large scales. Duan monologues, or capturing details, vividly express the personalities and inner storms of the Macbeth couple. Through these side descriptions, the images of the Macbeth couple come to the fore.
The script is a literary form that can powerfully express what the characters are thinking, and Shakespeare takes full advantage of this creative form in this play. He uses long monologues or a few words to show the readers a little bit of the psychological state of the characters. After the suppression of the rebellion was over, on the way back, Macbeth met three witches on his way, and they only sent out specious blessings to Macbeth. Sir!/Future King![1]", with no clear explanation. However, at this time Macbeth replied eagerly: "Wait a minute, you evasive prophets, tell me a little bit more clearly... say, I command you [2]", this paragraph shows that Macbeth's heart is unspeakable People's thoughts have been instigated by the witches, but the witch disappeared without a clear answer to Macbeth, which provided Macbeth with room for self-suggestion, making him restless and eager to try.
In addition, the script is also very successful in using language to shape the character of the character. Although Shakespeare did not directly write what kind of person Mrs Macbeth was, through Mrs Macbeth's monologue, it can be seen that she was a calm, rational and ruthless woman. Her existence made up for Macbeth on the road of killing the king. The lack of nature. In one of Lady Macbeth's monologues, when she saw her husband deliver a letter telling her of witch prophecies, "I am worried about your nature: it is so full of human milk that you dare not take the nearest shortcut. . . . ...let me use the courage of my tongue to sweep away all the obstacles that prevent you from getting that crown[3]", she knew her husband very well and knew that he would look forward and backward at this time, so she would use her words to motivate him In order to become a qualified assistant, she hypnotized herself, "...remove my feminine weakness, and poured the most ferocious cruelty into my body from top to toe; condensed my Blood, don't let remorse pass through my heart, don't let the sympathy in my nature shake my vicious determination! …[4]"; when she learned that Duncan was going to spend the night, she quickly helped her husband figure out a countermeasure, " ...I'll accompany his two guards to drink and have fun again, making them dizzy, and their memory turns into a puff of smoke... Can't we put this major murder case on his drunk guards? [5]"
But the literary form of the script also has its own shortcomings. The whole piece is a dialogue, and everything can only be expressed through the words of the characters, so the performance of some objective things will be limited. For example, for the depiction of the battle scene, there is a scene of Macbeth fighting in the first chapter and the second chapter. When he reached the servant's face, without bowing or understanding a word, he thrust his sword through his navel and pierced his chest all the way to his chin [6]". Reading this is not enough fun. If you put Macbeth in a grand war scene and let him be invincible all the way, would it better reflect his heroic spirit?
On the whole, "Macbeth 2015" has done a good interpretation of the original work. In terms of plot, "Macbeth 2015" has made some adaptations to the original work, with some additions and subtractions, some losses and some gains.
The most successful part of this adaptation is the picture and sound effects of the film, which give the audience a good audio-visual enjoyment. The tones of the movie are gorgeous and gloomy, the scenery and props are exquisite, and the costumes are exquisite. It shows the scenes in the play very well. With the addition of cool-colored filters, it grasps the gloomy, depressing and somewhat dreamy tone of the original book. The overwhelming orange-red color used in the performance of war scenes not only has a sense of violence in war, but also weakens the bloody color of battle scenes, which is in line with the aesthetics of current audiences. The soundtrack of the film is not only good, but also well matched with the scene and plot development. At the beginning of the movie, there is a scene of Macbeth fighting. The picture is orange-red, and there is a hazy fog for rendering. Although other soldiers are also fighting, they are basically arranged on both sides of Macbeth and become a gray background. Macbeth ran forward, wielding his sword, until he crossed the grey background and killed MacDonald. This process is composed of slow motion and freeze-frame intervals, coupled with low-pitched background music with drum beats, one by one, which catches the audience's attention, which is both violent and beautiful. It can be said that in terms of visual experience, the film is very successful.
There is also a more successful point that this film shows Macbeth's inner storm well, and retains the most exciting parts of the original play. First, Michael Fassbender has performed Macbeth's psychological state brilliantly. His eyes and expressions are in place. In comparison, Mrs. Macbeth's tension is not strong enough and her performance is too cold, which weakens the character image of the original play. , she is weaker than the original play, not cruel enough, Lady Macbeth's performance is a shortcoming; second, the use of a large number of flashbacks, coupled with the faint gray fog, give the audience confusion and dream The feeling of Macbeth expresses Macbeth's inner confusion, and the dreaminess can make people feel Macbeth's mental state that is too tense, showing his unease and fear. The actors' performances complement the use of flashbacks, which is one of the things the film does well.
Compared with the original drama, the plot of the movie has been deleted and added, which is a big mistake. All deletions are aimed at highlighting the character of Macbeth, so it inevitably weakens the three-dimensionality and presence of other characters, including Lady Macbeth; another consequence is that this makes some plots seem illogical, which is not the case in the film. well done place. Taking Lady Macbeth as an example, the passage of Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking was deleted, but this is a very critical point. First, this should be a very expressive plot, this kind of dark and slightly scary plot It would be wonderful if it was not deleted; on the other hand, this paragraph is also a logical point. If there is no sleepwalking, the audience will not know the extent to which Mrs. Macbeth's heart is broken, which is the foreshadowing of her suicide later. The foreshadowing was deleted. For another example, in the movie, after Macbeth killed Duncan, he happened to be seen by the king's son at the crime scene. However, the son not only did not avenge his father, but instead ran away on horseback, and Macbeth did not cut the grass. This made him run away. This logic is not normal.
In addition, this movie has a big flaw. Maybe the overall atmosphere is too depressing, or maybe the script is cut unreasonably, so that the movie has no climax. At least the scenes of Lady Macbeth teasing her husband, Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, and Macbeth's duel with Macduff can all appear as very tense scenes, but no, it's too depressing.
However, there is a supplementary plot that is very memorable. In the movie, Duncan's son and Banquo's son both knew the witch's prophecy. After Macbeth died, Duncan's son stood by the throne and seemed to remember something. He picked up the sword and walked out of the palace. At the same time, Banquo's son He drew the sword in front of Macbeth and ran in one direction... This is a good inheritance of the dark style of the script.
In short, although there are many unsuccessful adaptations of the details of the film in the plot, he is still very successful in showing the inner world of the protagonist, and the audio-visual effects play a very good role in the interpretation of the novel.
Notes:
[1] [English] Shakespeare: Macbeth, Yilin Publishing House, November 2013, 1st edition, p. 8.
[2] [English] Shakespeare: "Macbeth", Yilin Publishing House, November 2013, 1st edition, p. 9.
[3] [English] Shakespeare: "Macbeth", Yilin Publishing House, November 2013, 1st edition, p. 15.
[4] [English] Shakespeare: "Macbeth", Yilin Publishing House, November 2013, 1st edition, p. 16.
[5] [English] Shakespeare: "Macbeth", Yilin Publishing House, November 2013, 1st edition, p. 20.
[6] [English] Shakespeare: "Macbeth", Yilin Publishing House, November 2013, 1st edition, p. 4.
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