Men of Respect and Macbeth Essay -- Compare Contrast Respect Macbeth E

Men of Respect and MacbethIn 1991, William Shakespeares great period of play Macbeth was re-created into a new-made day version titled Men of Respect. Was the plays textual fidelity lost in transition during the making of the demand, or did the film show total loyalty and devotion to the text and the feelings of the play? A closer examination of the characters/lines, classification between good and evil, and the use of light and begrimed will compare the many differences and similarities between William Shakespeares Macbeth and William Reillys Men of Respect.Set in present day New York (present as in 1991), the several(a) warring kingdoms of the play become organized crime factions in the film, King Duncan becoming the padrino or godfather of the main family, Charlie DiMico. His chief lieutenant, Mikey Bataglia is, of course, the corollary to the treacherous Macbeth. The character of Lady Macbeth (Ruthie Bataglia) remain instinctive yet ruthless in her goal to get Mikey to beco me the padrino. William Reilly at times stuck to Shakespeares original version word for word. Other lines were re-worked for the modern audience, such as Lady Macbeths speech that states They have made themselves, and their fitness now does unmake you. I had given suck, and know how tender tis to making love the bebe that milks me I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluckd my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashd the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done this. (Act...