This week, we spent all of our time watching movies. My group decided to analyze the play Macbeth, so that is what we got to watch. When I heard we were watching the film instead of reading the book, I was really excited because reading Shakespeare can be difficult. As it turns out, I think I would have preferred to read it. The movie was placed in a more modern setting, but still used the old language, which made it harder for me to understand. Plus, the movie obviously goes quickly, while I could’ve slowed down and reread passages with a book to make sure I was following the plot correctly. Regardless, the movie was still good, even if it was slightly creepy at times. I’m really excited that we picked the feminist criticism because there is so much material to work with in this story. The movie really showed how much of an influence Lady Macbeth had. She was constantly hovering over Macbeth and persuading him to do things. The movie allowed us to see her subtle influences, like when she would make noise to distract everyone from what Macbeth was saying. The three witches were also fun to watch because they were way different than I imagined and were lurking in the background for most of the big plot points. Before, trying to understand what we were doing with this project was hard because we didn’t know what the play really consisted of, but now that we know more details, I can see how our project will start to come together. Even though we only have three days next week, it will be cool to get a start on our ideas. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079499/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6
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