Polanski's Macbeth

Polanski's Macbeth

1. Context and Historical Background: 70's

   • Scientific Revolution: the man on the Moon
   • Women's Liberation
     • Focus on the role of the Three Witches
   • Free Sexuality

2. Context and Historical background: 70's

   • Scientific Revolution: the man on the Moon
   • Women's Liberation
     • Focus on the role of:
   • Free Sexuality
     • the Three Witches

3. Sharon Tate's Murder: Polanski's wife

4. Setting: Medieval tunes (15th Century ca.)

5. Lady Macbeth: leading role / engine

   • AMBITIOUS
   • MATRIARCHAL FIGURE
   • DOMINATING
   • recurrent theme of WOMEN'S SEDUCTIVE POWER