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The Final Act – Research

Influence-

The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is a play about a Thane of Glamis in Scotland (Scottish Nobility). He is returning from battle with another thane Banquo when they are met by three witches. The witches hail him Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King Hereafter. Banquo asks of his fate and is told that his decedents will be kings. Soon after this Macbeth find out that the thane of Cawdor betrayed Scotland and is going to be hanged, for his valour in battle the king Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth sees the witches predictions coming true and tells his wife about the predictions. Duncan announces that he is going to Macbeth's castle. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth that he has to make the prophecy come true himself and kill Duncan. He does. Duncan's sons flee the country believing they will be killed next and Macbeth becomes king. Macbeth remembers the witches prediction to Banquo. He wishes to retain power so he kills Banquo and attempts to kill Banquo's son Fleance, but fails to kill Fleance. Macbeth starts to feel guilty and sees Banquo's ghost. Soon the witches appear again telling Macbeth to beware Macduff, no man born of a woman shall harm Macbeth, and fear not till Birnam Wood comes to Dunsanain. Macbeth heeds the witches warning and kills Macduff's family, but Macduff is not around, he is in England trying to convince Malcolm, Duncan's son to return and take the throne. Malcolm agrees and they return to Scotland. Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and ends up killing herself. The army cuts down branches of Birnam wood to disguise themselves and thus Birnam wood comes to Dunsanine. Various battle scenes take place. Eventually Macbeth and Macduff fight and Macduff reveals that he was "Untimely ripped from his mother's womb" no born. He kills Macbeth and Malcolm becomes king.

Genre-

The genre of our film, Psychological horror, is a subgenre of horror fiction that relies on character fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie sound effects, relevant music and emotional instability to build tension and further the plot. Psychological horror is different from the type of horror found in "splatter films," which derive their effects from gore and violence, and from the sub-genre of horror-of-personality, in which the object of horror does not look like a monstrous other, but rather a normal human being, whose horrific identity is often not revealed until well into the work, or even at the very end.

Psychological horror tends to be subtle compared to traditional horror and typically contains less physical harm, as it works mainly on the factors of mentally affecting the audience rather than the display of graphic imagery seen in the slasher and splatter sub-genres. It typically plays on archetypal shadow characteristics embodied by the threat. It creates discomfort in the viewer by exposing common or universal psychological vulnerabilities and fears, most notably the shadowy parts of the human psyche which most people repress or deny.

The menace in horror comes from within. It exposes the evil that hides behind normality, while splatter fiction focuses on bizarre, alien evil to which the average viewer cannot easily relate. One could ultimately argue that psychological horror isn't in fact of the horror genre, with it having a greater resemblance to the thriller genre. However, in psychological horror the essential element is to frighten the audience mentally, whereas this is not the case in thrillers. There is also a sub-genre known as the psychological thriller, which can be similar to this, but relies on leaving a different impact on the viewer than that of psychological horror. Another aspect of psychological horror is its use of body horror. The purpose is to develop a feeling of unease by exploiting human fears of the abnormal, human experimentation, disease, suffering, among others.