Adrienne Taylor. Mr. Ortiz. English 12. 27 February 2017.

Adrienne Taylor Mr. Ortiz English 12 27 February 2017 Unit 3: Comparison Essay There’s always similarities and differences between books or plays and movies. Throne of Blood is a movie based on Macbeth, a tragedy written by Shakespeare. Throne of Blood transposes the plot of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Instead of it being Medieval Scotland, it is Feudal Japan. Macbeth is based around a warrior who becomes filled with ambition and does anything he can to get what he wants. He talks to the â€Å"Weird Sisters,† which are the three witches who give him a prophecy and from that day forward, Macbeth is filled with ambition to become king. In Throne of Blood, Washizu portrays Macbeth. He is also filled with ambition and although they are supposed to be†¦show more content†¦This is where Washizu craved to be the king and did anything he could to accomplish that. Anything that was in his way he took care of. Both men are driven by ambition. Which in both plays, the message could be that power can drive people crazy. Just like the men of the play, their wives, are also very similar to each other. Asaji, is the Lady Macbeth of Throne of Blood. She also pushes Washizu to kill the king who is in place. Once she finds what Washizu’s future could look like, she manipulates him. Lady Macbeth and Asaji are able to manipulate their husbands. They’re able to make their husbands think that even if they murder certain people, they’ll still be okay. Lady Macbeth and Asaji both have similar tactics and are able to get into their husbands heads. They know what to say to make them feel like they have to do something or else they are cowards. Washizu and Macbeth both have straint, weird relationships with their wives. They both are very loyal, but their wives do control a lot of their actions and thoughts. Washizu just like Macbeth is respectful towards his wife, they try to listen to them regardless of how bad the idea might seem. Both men tried to back out when they had planned to kill Dun can. Macbeth had started to feel guilt and didn’t want to go through with it. Yet, Lady Macbeth, as well as Asaji, had managed to tell him just the right things to make him go through with it. â€Å"What Beast was’t then that made you break this enterprise to