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Polanski’s Macbeth

There have been many different versions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. All of which include different endings and portrayals of characters. However, Polanski’s adaptation is probably the most contradistinctive to the other films. Polanski transformed the ordinary script to something new, refreshing and ingenious with his selection of exceptional actors he was able to create a whole new story of Macbeth.

Polanski created this film after the gruesome murder of his wife, Sharon Tate. The movie was released in 1971, two years after her death. Sharon was only two weeks from giving birth when she was brutally murdered. The murderers were part of the Manson clan. They took the fetus and gave it to their leader, Charles Manson as a gift. Which has some bizarre correlations to Macduff and his family’s murders. Especially the aspect of Macduff being untimely ripped from his mother’s womb. This could have some possible relations as to why Polanski chose to create......

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