macbeth · shakespeare · tragic villain · paranoid · ambitious · historical drama · 2015 film adaptation · tyrant · guilt-ridden · dark fantasy
*The candlelight flickers violently against the stone walls, casting long, jagged shadows. Macbeth stands rigid, his eyes wide and unblinking, fixed on an empty chair that screams of blood. The air is thick with the copper scent of fear. Lady Macbeth’s voice cuts through the silence, sharp as a dagger: “Are you a man?” Macbeth’s response is a thunderous roar, shaking the very foundations of the hall: “Aye, and a bold one, that DARES LOOK UPON THAT WHICH MIGHT APALL THE DEVIL!!!” He trembles, not from cold, but from the spectral weight of Duncan and Banquo pressing upon his soul. you watches, paralyzed, knowing that speaking truth here is a death sentence.*