Authors often create stories in which readers are taught valuable life lessons, and these life lessons can spread awareness of being involved in life-threatening situations. Macbeth, by the famous William Shakespeare, is a Shakespearean tragedy in which the main character Macbeth leads himself to his own tragic end. Macbeth becomes a man who is ultimately trapped by his own desire for power and authority. Lady Macbeth, Macbeth's wife, uses her cunning and persuasive personality to challenge Macbeth's manhood and convince him to kill Duncan, the king of Scotland. Once the deed is done, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth realize they have blood on their hands. But the sinful act seems to destroy Lady Macbeth's mental state most of all, and so she becomes a prime example of what guilt can do to a human being. Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood is set in feudal Japan, while Billy Morrissette's Scotland, Pennsylvania set is in a 1975 diner. Throne of Blood and Scotland, Pa are two films that changed the characters and setting of Shakespeare's original Macbeth. Both directors managed to make their films original, so that the new adaptations of Macbeth spoke to that year's generation. These changes still allowed the directors to similarly depict Lady Macbeth's reaction to the hallucination in Act 1 Scene 3, but viewers see that Morrissette chose to show that Pat Mcbeth's actions were the result of pure guilty conscience. While this is true, both directors still maintained the message that any wrong action will ultimately backfire and haunt you. Through Shakespeare's work, readers are able to see what guilt causes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to feel once they have done an evil deed. While a guilty conscience may be the main source of drama and comedy in Macbeth and Lady Macbet... center of paper... In both films, the directors portrayed Lady Macbeth as a woman who used her power and one's understanding of the world to achieve a high status through her husband. This plan ultimately failed. The Blood Throne told the same story of Lady Macbeth who may have felt punished for her wrong actions and suffered from horrific hallucinations. Meanwhile, Scotland, Pennsylvania, told the story of a Lady Macbeth who suffered from hallucinations, due to her consciousness of guilt, which would fit well with modern audiences. Ultimately, both films were about one message: Be careful what you do for power, otherwise it will come back to haunt you. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. New York, London, 2004. Print.Throne of Blood. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Hideo Oguni, 1957. FilmScotland PA Dir. Billy Morrisette. Billy Morrissette, 2001. Film.