Many of Shakespeare’s plays gave themes that can still be seen today in modern films. Themes often seen throughout the play Macbeth are power leads to guilt leads to downfall, betrayal, and Marriage is a test of loyalty. Although, the most prevalent on throughout the play is power corrupts. A modern story that reflects this theme is Mean Girls. As seen in both, the main characters rise to power leading to corruption, followed by their downfall.
In both stories, the characters each have distinctive personalities. At the beginning of each story, both Regina George and Duncan are the current leaders of their respective societies. Although at some point, they both face their downfall of power caused by the main characters, Cady and Macbeth. At …show more content…
A situation that takes place in both films that was described above, making a connection between Janis and Lady Macbeth’s characters, was when each character convinces their partner to commit an action against the person who holds most of the power in the beginning of the stories for their own, personal reasons. In Mean Girls, this is when Janis persuades Cady to take down the Plastics. She does this for the personal reason to exact her revenge on Regina because she was mean to Janis in eighth grade. In Macbeth, this is when Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan in order to gain the throne which is to her benefit because she greatly desires to be queen. This affects both the main characters in the productions because the more power they gain the more corrupt they become. In Macbeth, this occurs throughout the play but mostly after Macbeth accumulates to much power he becomes corrupt and goes on what could be described as a massacre. In Mean Girls, this is when the more Cady attempts to take down the Plastics the more stereotypical mean girl she becomes, replacing Regina. Both major realisations come from the people that lead them down this path in the beginning. In Macbeth, this is seen when Lady Macbeth is caught sleep walking in the palace and references a line said by Macbeth in act