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In the introduction, I talked a bit about adaptation as a form of interpretation. This week, start out by watching a few variations on the opening witch scene of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. As a bonus, here’s a clip from the film Scotland PA, which sets the story of MacBeth in 1970’s Pennsylvania.
Now, try suggesting a new context for a well-known story, like Romeo and Juliet if the lovers came from rival mining companies on Mars, or an animated version of Pride and Prejudice where all the characters are walruses. What new perspective would your proposed adaptation give us on the underlying meaning of the story?