The Scottish Play

The first act of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth"sets a great foundation for the following scenes by instigating conflict between characters early in the play. The witches insinuate that Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor as well as King of Scotland. Intrigued by this news, and the justification of her husband's gain of the county of Cawdor, Lady Macbeth begins to conspire to kill the king for her husband's profit. Though his early thoughts were innocent, with the announcement of Malcom becoming the prince of cumberland Macbeth begins to doubt the witches prophesy, and think that he may have to take matters into his own hands to become the King. The act ends off being very provocative to the reader, having Lord Duncan and Malcom both Spending one night at Macbeth's Castle of Glamis, which leaves a great deal of tension between the inhabitants during their stay.



If i were to direct a remake of the play, I would make it a mockumentary following a pack of wolves living a dense forest during a harsh winter in the north. I would depict king duncan as the alpha-male of the group and the other characters as "lesser" wolves. It would not be so much of a remake, as it would be a work that parallells the same themes as Macbeth. In order to film this new version, I would use trained wolves for the majority of the most important scenes, but it would be great if I were able to encorporate some footage of wild animals displaying some of the behaviours and emotions that are displayed in the play. I'm certain that if a pack of wolves were to be followed by a camera crew for a long enough period of time, jealousy and betrayal would be seen on more than one occasion.