What commentary do Oldroyd and Birch provide regarding Katherine’s revolt against patriarchal society?
To put it simply, through Oldroyd (visual) and Birch (rhetorical) decisions and changes what do the authors wish to say and are they successful in doing so? Consider: what drives Katherine? Is she sympathetic? What power dynamics does the film criticize? How does the film reject typical representations of the male and female genders?
In doing so, I would like you to build off of the following sources:
• Primary Sources
• Required: Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1865) [at
least two close-reading moments from two respective chapters]
• Required: William Oldroyd (Director) and Alice Birch’s (screenwriter) Lady
Macbeth [at least two scenes from the film]
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