Watched by Macbeth
1. Resident Evil (movie series)
This movie is about a lady who has survived the zombie apocalypse. She is the last hope to save the world from the virus. Macbeth just before his battle with Macduff would have watched this movie. He feels just like Alice, invincible. He has all the confidence in the world that he is safe from the prophecy that the witches gave him. He feels that nothing natural nor supernatural can stop him and is willing to face all that come in his way. This reveals that Macbeth had become overconfident and cocky. He believed that he could do anything that he wanted and that it would not catch up with him.
2.The Sixth Sense
This movie is about a boy who has the gift of seeing ghosts of those who have unresolved problems, but he is too afraid to tell anyone except his psychologist. Macbeth recommends this because he recalls the dinner party where he was visited by the ghost of Banquo. He knew he was the only one who could see him. Macbeth hoped to have someone like the psychologist in the movie that he could share what he was seeing, but he did not have this luxury. He felt alone as the boy did until he was introduced to his psychologist. Macbeth did not want to seem crazy to all of the people at the party so he kept his visions to himself. Macbeth sees a lot of his old self in the innocence of the boy. This reveals that Macbeth feels guilty about all the things that he has done. He desires to go back to the innocence that he once had and the guilt is eating him up on the inside. He regrets doing what he has done over the course of the play and it is affecting his conscious and sub-conscious.
3. Empire
Empire is about a wealthy family of musicians who own their own music label. The three sons are willing to do whatever it takes in order to take their father's place as the head of the empire. This show is recommended by Macbeth because of the determination of the three sons. They were willing to do whatever they needed to do in order to gain their father's place as the head of the Empire even if that meant killing. Macbeth was motivated by this show to kill the guards of Duncan to keep witnesses from expressing the truth just as Lucious Lyon killed Bunkie. He was also motivated to take out Banquo by the sons' search for their father's favor. This shows that Macbeth, like the sons of Empire, was determined to gain as much power as possible. He wanted to take Duncan place and once he began his corruption the corruption continued. This shows that Macbeth is easily manipulated by his desire for power.
4. How To Get Away With Murder
This show is about a law professor and defense attorney, Annalise Keating. She takes a group of students under her wing and as the students help her work on her cases, mysteries arise and the true nature of the group is revealed. Recommended by Macbeth, specifically for the character Wes. Macbeth says, "I can relate to Wes so well. He was viewed as the innocent one and seeing him commit murder gave me the strength to take care of Duncan. I feel the same guilt now that he was faced with." Macbeth says he feels manipulated by Lady Macbeth in the same way that Wes was manipulated by Annalise. "The way that Wes found the strength to take matters into his own hands when he had done what he had to do was what gave me the strength to keep going." This reveals how Macbeth changed over the course of the play. He was originally innocent but as the events of the play occurred he had to do what he had to do to keep going. This also shows that Macbeth is easily susceptible to suggestion.
