Desire For Power In Shakespeare's Macbeth

What comes to mind when you think of a desire for power? The play MacBeth is a prime example of a character who obsesses over power and will do anything for it, regardless of the consequences that might follow. When I watched MacBeth on the Pellissippi State website, I was first glued to my seat from the interesting introduction of the witches. In detail, I plan to discuss the fantastic key components that the director included such as: the overall overview, performance, and design layout that ultimately allows individuals, like me, to get a better understanding of the play MacBeth.
In the tragic play of MacBeth, MacBeth is a well-liked man by Scottish King Duncan. Furthermore, on his way back home from defeating two separate armies MacBeth is stopped by three “weird” witches that

Furthermore, while watching the play I came to the understanding that this play was more abstract than realistic. With that being said, I believe this particular play was abstract because of the minimal props that allowed the audience to draw their focus on the characters more. By drawing the audience’s attention to the characters, I then observed the costume designs. The costume designs in MacBeth visually represented the character’s personality traits. For example, King Duncan was dressed in an all while gown, This visual aid helps the reader form the idea of royalty, pure, and possibly viewed as a Saint to many of the people whom he governed. The same idea was portrayed as the kings’ men wore black, studded leather jacket on the stage. This visual aid allowed the audience to see the dark personalities of these men. The design elements of color and lighting were very dull, foggy, and dark. Furthermore, the lighting designer did a fantastic job when the kings’ men had a monologue and the lighting designer blurred out the others in the back, drawing all the attention and focus on that particular