How Does Polanski Film Act 4 - Scenes 1 And 2 (Mac

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How Does Polanski Film Act 4 - Scenes 1 and 2 (Macbeth)? In the play of Macbeth, Scene 1 of Act 4, starts off in a desolate place near Forres, Polanski films his movie there, but from then onwards his version is completely different from the play. In Polanski’s film, Scene 1starts off with Macbeth (Jon Finch) eavesdropping, he looks nervous. Then he watches the eighteen or so naked witches follow the ‘recipe’ and place the ‘ingredients’ in the cauldron. All of the witches in the background are chanting, meanwhile roughly six witches shout out what they’re putting into the cauldron. Once the cauldron has been prepared Macbeth drinks the ‘potion’. He collapses and ends up looking into a large bucket full of water. He sees himself reflecting back at him and saying, “Macbeth, Macbeth, beware Macduff”. He was the apparition. Then, a suit of armour appears; Macbeth brandishes his sword and struck it in the throat. It tumbled down to the ground. He is then surrounded by Malcolm and Donalbain dressed in white and talking to him, they exit. Macbeth can then see mirrors reflecting from person to person and sees Banquo sitting on a throne, then he sees Banquo’s murder, with an axe stuck in his back, and smiling and waving at him, then he smashes the mirror and falls to the ground. He lies on his back with no one and nothing around him, absolutely no sign of the witches. In the play, Macbeth doesn’t arrive until the witches have finished preparing the cauldron. The witches are not naked and there are only three of them with Hecate (Hecate is the leader of the three witches; she directs supernatural happenings and appearances including the mystical apparitions). The apparitions are completely different, the first apparition is an armed head not an armed body. The second apparition is a bloody child, the third is a crowned child holding a tree. Scene 2 in Polanski’s

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