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William Shakespeare was a famous British poet and playwright. He wrote mainly tragedies. Among the tragedies, Macbeth was one of his famous tragedy plays. Macbeth was most likely written in 1606.Mecbeth’s original text story is about three witches who decide to deal with Macbeth on return from a war between Scotland and Norway. The witches predict that he will one day become king. Macbeth and his wife decide that he will murder Duncan. Then he murders Duncan assisted by his wife, who covers the blood of Duncan on the daggers of the sleeping guards. Macbeth kills the guards, insisting that their daggers smeared with Duncan's blood are proof that they committed the murder. The Macbeth becomes the king. More murders follow, and the ghost of Banquo appears to Macbeth. And Lady Macbeth's conscience now imagines that she can see her hands covered with blood. She commits suicide. Finally, Macduff kills Macbeth and Prince Malcolm becomes king. In this story’s major motifs and themes were blood and violence, weather and darkness, and the supernatural.

In the original text of Macbeth, 1st blood and violence motif happens when Macbeth enters Duncan's room to murder him. Macbeth sees blood on the dagger. Moreover in Macbeth, Duncan’s chamberlains, Banquo, Lady Macduff, and Macduff’s son all come to bloody and violent ends.“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?”, “Out, damned spot; out, I say. . . who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” In these two quotes, Blood comes to symbolize their guilt. And I think Polanski's movie described the blood and violence motif best. In Polanski’s movie, very realistic scene about rape and, detailed scene when after the Duncan’s murders Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s feeling. And, the Japanese and Modern versions also described blood and violence motif. However, the Modern version was not realistic and Japanese version was not bloody at all.  The 2nd Weather and darkness motif occurs on the night that Duncan is murdered with thunder and lightning. Furthermore, storms that goes along with the witches. I think the Modern version described this well. Because, in the Japanese movie was just a black and white movie, and when the beginning of Polanski’s movie was quite darkness night setting and have some raining scene. Still that’s just normal dark and stormy weather and normal darkness. However, in the Modern version movie, most scenes were set in dark places, and people’s moods were like Vampires.  The last motif Supernatural is about three witches. I believe Polanski’s movie described this well. Actually in Polanski’s movie, the witches were really weird, strange and creepy. However, in Modern version of Macbeth movie was kind of nice too. It was not that similar to original Macbeth text, but I think in this movie’s withes were stylish and wicked. By the way, still Japanese version of Macbeth movie was not good at all. It was not even three witches also that witch was not scare or creepy at all. She was just an old bizarre grandmother.  Therefore, In my opinion, Polanski’s Macbeth movie was the most similar to original Shakespeare’s text. Nevertheless, for me, as a student, the most appealing movie was the modern version of Macbeth movie. 

**Sources  ** [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth]  [|http://library.thinkquest.org/2888/][|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_(1971_film]) [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_(2006_film)][]