Hello everybody, welcome to my channel. Today I am going to explain and recap, the recently
released film the tragedy of Macbeth. This film is based on William Shakespeare's best novel Macbeth.
This film is hard to understand as old English is quite difficult.
But if you are accustomed to Shakespearean English then you can certainly enjoy it.
The film starts with the voice of three witches who were talking about a meeting
with the lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis. He was the general of King Duncan of Scotland.
We see a wounded soldier approaching King Duncan and his son Malcolm. He informed them about the
heroics of Macbeth and general Banquo. How they defeated the forces of treacherous Macdonwald.
Thane of Cawdor. Duncan was very happy about this. He ordered his knight Ross to
go and congratulate Macbeth. He bested the title Thane of Cawdor to Macbeth.
Macbeth and Banquo were walking along the beach. Then the three witches appeared in front of them.
They prophesized their future. They told Macbeth that he will be titled Thane of Cawdor. He will
become the king of Scotland. Banquo was skeptical about this, he asked for his fortune. The witches
told him that he will be happier than Macbeth and his line of children will become kings.
Both Macbeth and Bangkok are skeptical about this and hence they took it lightly.
Later Ross arrived at their camp, he informed Macbeth of his new title Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth
was surprised by this and a little bit disturbed. Rose beheaded MacDonald as ordered by king Duncan.
Macbeth wrote a letter to his wife lady Macbeth, narrated all the predictions of the witches.
she was happy, anxious, and wondered what her husband's ambitions might be. she burnt
that letter and threw it away. She had always desired to be a Queen hence she seemed happy.
Macbeth and Banquo meet Duncan who hails their heroics. Later he announces Melcom his son as
the prince of Cumberland. This announcement stuns Macbeth and angers him. As he thought the kid was
not worthy. The seeds of ambition that the witches planted in him started giving their results.
Duncan makes plans to spend the evening at Macbeth's castle in his honor. Lady Macbeth
was blinded by her ambition. she was convinced that the prophecy of witches was true and hence
she starts brainwashing Macbeth. See suggest the murder of Duncan at the castle tonight so that
he can become the king. Macbeth was not sure at first but due to her wife's pressure, he agrees.
At night Macbeth set his plan in motion. He briefly speaks with Banquo who was at his
castle with his son Fleance. After everyone was deep asleep Macbeth entered Duncan's chamber.
with great hesitance, he stabs him in the throat. Later he quietly arrives at his
room where lady Macbeth calms him down. he was still shaken, his hand was filled with blood
which now spills on lady Macbeth's hands as well. Lady Macbeth cleared this bloody mess.
The next morning lord Macduff, Thane of Fife arrived at the castle with the nobleman named
Lennox. He checks on Duncan's room and discovers his corps. He was horrified.
Macbeth does a drama of being in shock. He slashes the throat of King Duncan's two
guards accusing them of murder. Last night lady Macbeth give them a wine which made them pass out.
She dipped their hand in Duncan's blood to look like they murdered the king in their drunkenness.
For lord Macduff and Ross, these all looked fishy as he wanted to interrogate those two guards.
Nobody dared to question Macbeth as he was King Duncan's most trusted man.
King Duncan sons Malcolm and Donald main fled to England and Ireland in fear of their life.
Macbeth is then crowned king of Scotland as two heirs just fled from the kingdom. After
becoming the king Macbeth's paranoia grew further. As the two sons of King Duncan were still alive he
thought that they might come back and acquire his kingship. According to the prophecy, the sons of
Banquo were supposed to be kings in the future. Hence Macbeth decided to kill them as well.
Macbeth hires two mercenaries to kill Banquo and his son.
Lady Macbeth begins to express her concern for her husband's declining sanity.
Two mercenaries grab Banquo and his son in the field. They attacked them.
Fleance runs off into the field. Ross saw these to mercenaries killing Banquo.
Later He found Fleance hiding in the woods. He hid him with an old man.
Macbeth host a royal banquet after the mercenaries tell him that the Banquo has died.
At the banquet, he saw the Ghost of Banquo, he was horrified, he followed him. In his fear and anger,
he started screaming while hallucinating. Lady Macbeth and the guest were in shock seeing this.
Later lady Macbeth canceled the banquet and tried calming down Macbeth. But Macbeth was
blinded by his ambition, greed for power. He was not in a mood to listen to any good advice.
Later he decides to kill everyone who was King Duncan's loyalist. That included Ross and lord
Macduff. Macbeth's soldiers arrive at Macduff's house and they brutally kill his family, his wife,
and children. Ross flew to England where lord Macduff was already there with Melcom.
Rose informs Macduff of his family's demise. Lord Macduff was horrified and he vows for revenge.
Malcolm gathers an army of English soldiers.
Lady Macbeth begins to feel guilt for her part in this whole scenario. Servants watch her as she
sleeps walks at night in her guilt. she begins to speak to herself. She was always washing her hand
as she was always hallucinating the blood on them. Her mental condition was deteriorating day by day.
Soldiers inform Macbeth of impending war with Melcom. Once again Macbeth was paranoid. He
summoned the three witches and asked them about his future. The three witches said you will die
from a man who is born not from a woman. you will die when the forest starts moving. Macbeth was
relieved after hearing this, he thought no one can kill him. As everyone is born to a woman.
Malcolm and his soldiers cut down branches to use as a disguise.
They made their way to the castle. The servants told Macbeth about approaching armies.
They thought as if the forest itself is moving. Lady Macbeth was standing on top of the stairs.
It seemed she was not in her senses. As the army attacked the castle Ross approached her. Later we
see Lady Macbeth lying dead at the bottom of the stairs. Implying Ross pushed her. When Macbeth
came to know about this he barely moved. He was so obsessed with his thrown that he forgot his wife.
Lord Macduff and Macbeth started sword dueling. Macbeth was sure that he can't
die as witches said, he can be killed only by a man who is not born to a woman.
But there was a catch. It didn't include birth by C section. Lord Macduff's was cesarian birth.
Hence Macduff was naturally born. The witches played a game of Macbeth. In a single move Thane
of Fief, Macduff decapitates Macbeth. Macbeth losses his head when tried to pick his crown.
Later Ross hands the crown to Melcom as he was the rightful owner of the crown. Later he picked
Fleance and brought him back to the castle to fulfill the prophecy. Thus ends the film.
This is a beautiful art film, its cinematography is amazing. The use of lights and shadows to
convey deep emotions is brilliant. This play dramatizes concepts such as ambition, power,
greed, deception, and treachery. In the beginning, Macbeth is a brave and loyal subject of King
Duncan. But it is only after hearing the witches’ prophecies that the seeds of ambition begin to
grow in his mind. This unrestrained ambition and thirst for power made him commit the gruesome
murders of the king and other nobles. Therefore, his ambition proves out to be his fatal flaw.
The concept of fate is another idea that is prevalent here. When the first prophecy is
proven true, he attempts to take his fate into his own hands by deciding to fulfill
the next prophecy by himself. Thus paid the price. Overall this is a great adaptation.
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