Individualization and Oedipalization in Reza Servati’s Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: An Expressionist Reworking

This article investigates Reza Servati’s Macbeth, an Iranian prize-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s to discuss the way adaptor prunes source text aiming at presenting his distinctive reading play. First, this study is concerned with Servati minimalizes and how process minimalization serves adaptor’s preoccupation psychological complexities characters. Second, it discussed changes takes Renaissance inclination for individualism a step forward. Third, argued that in aimed Oedipalization play, attempt shows influence Freudian psychoanalysis. Finally, can be considered as expressionist reworking Macbeth by making individualization plot subservient expression typical course everyman goes through.