Macbeth Inspired Photoshoot

Lady Macbeth, Act 1; Scene 5

"The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature’s mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep throug the blanket of the dark,
To cry ‘Hold, hold!’"

Something Wicked

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

Witches Three

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightening, or in rain? When the hurly, burly's done, When the battles lost and won"

Unsex Me Here

Lady M sacrifices everything for power. This includes her fertility.

With Power Comes Sacrifice

The spirits put action to words as they "fill her from the crown to toe with direst cruelty." She will see no good, hear no good, and speak no good, as she transitions into a vessel for all things evil and corrupt.

Fear of the Unknown

There is a sort of sensitivity to Lady M, a fear of her own ambition that later consumes her, thrusting her into madness. Here, she is afraid of what is to come as she pleads to the spirits to grant her darkest desire.

All Hail the Witches Three

"All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!" "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!"

About the Project

This photoshoot was inspired by Lady Macbeth's monologue in Act 1; Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The idea is that Lady M is driven to sacrifice her womanhood for the crown. She is a master-manipulator and encourages her husband, with an unwavering persistence, to kill King Duncan and usurp the throne for himself. These pictures illustrate a dramatization of her encounter with the witches as they transform her into the villain she becomes in the play.

The Team Behind the Madness

Makali Mates

Director

Christian Alvarez

Costume Designer

Malissa Seiger

Photographer

Katie Watkins

Lady Macbeth

Kaylie Butler

Third Witch

McKenna Sennett

First Witch

Robert Holwell

Second Witch