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 * Publicity Poster Written Statement:**

For my movie poster, I felt that it would be appropriate to utilize primarily a picture of a “downward spiral.” I used this picture in the movie poster because I felt it did a good job representing the path Macbeth’s character took throughout the play. At the start of the play, Macbeth was at the top of the spiral, being known as a hero (deservingly so). He was referred to by his superiors as “brave” (1.2.16) and “noble” (1.2.69). As the play went along, however, his moral values became depleted, descending down the spiral until he got to his lowest point where he was not afraid to kill anyone in his way (such as when he announced that he would have Macduff’s family killed, stating: “Seize upon Fife, give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls” (4.1.152-153)). For my tagline, I decided to use a quote from //The Dark Knight//, where a character from that story, Harvey Dent, started out as a hero but eventually became a villain. In the quote, he stated: “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” I feel that this represented what happened to Macbeth very well.

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