| dc.contributor.author | Wagner, Jesse | |
| dc.description.abstract | Much of the criticism on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth has focused on the question of agency in the play: What drives Macbeth to commit regicide to gain the throne? Is Macbeth in control of his own actions? The play does not seem to give a clear answer to this question, and there is no critical consensus. I will examine filmic interpretations made by directors regarding the question of agency in their adaptations of the play. The film I will be focusing on is Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (1957), and I will be using Rupert Goold’s Macbeth (2010) for comparison. Drawing on auteur theory and branching out into cultural semiotics, I will analyze the different ways in which directors manipulate and go beyond Shakespeare’s text to support their interpretation. Literary theory and the application of a New Historicist lens will allow me to determine how the directors’ choices reflect the culture in which the films were produced. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Cultural Interpretations of Agency in Film Adaptations of Macbeth | en_US |
| dc.type | text/presentation | en_US |
| dc.description | English Studies Capstone Experience | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-13T20:46:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-13T20:46:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10365/22392 | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| ndsu.department | English | |
| ndsu.program | English | |
| ndsu.course.name | English Studies Capstone Experience | |
| ndsu.course.number | ENGL 467 | |
