Entry 3.1 Macbeth images

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth was written in 1605 or 1606 and performed at Hampton Court in 1606 for King James I of England. Macbeth has a timeless tale of the human nature. There is greed for power, murderous evil scheming, and the fight for good and evil. No wonder the play has stood the test of time.

I decided to compare two images from the production of "Macbeth"; the images show a dramatic difference on how plays or anything in general can evolve from one era in history to the other. Additionally, the two very different images show how producers have their own interpretation of the classic “Macbeth”. The opposing opinions show two different archetypes of the "weird sisters", such as, the "goddess of destiny"(the young girls from the 2006 version) as compared to the archetype of "witches"(evil red creatures from the 1827 version).

The Three Witches from Macbeth (1827)
have features like a hybrid combination of women with masculine characteristics with evil red skin. Also, the image makes it hard to figure out if they are female, male or somewhere in the middle. The illustration makes me think of creatures that would live in the bowels of hell that somehow made to the surface of earth just to cause chaos among the human race.

 

Three Witches in 2006 version of Macbeth look more like angels with young innocence. However, the teenage girls also have mischievous look that give me the impression that evil lurks under the innocent veneer. In other words looks can be deceiving.