"Orson Welles's Macbeth: Allegory of Anticommunism"
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Author:
	Marker, Jeff W.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Literature/Film Quarterly 41, no.  2 (2013): 116–28.
Annotation:
	Contends that Orson Welles's Macbeth (1948) is an allegory that condemns the manipulation of the consciousness of the American public during the anticommunist era, when religious fundamentalism and political ideology became synonymous. Asserts that the film portrays Macbeth as a tragic figure caught between God and Satan, representing the forces of right-wing anticommunists and left-wing "anti-American" radicals, and that an interpolated character, the Holy Man, bears a striking resemblance to J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI director who played a central role in the anticommunist movement.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Hoover, J. Edgar; Welles, Orson
Keywords:
	Macbeth; religion; anticommunism; allegory
Tags:
	Film, Cinema, Television, Radio, Macbeth, Productions
WSB Update:
	Fall 2013
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc460