Set in present-day 1991 New York, "Men of Respect" is the story of New York gangsters, specifically a mad thug, Mike Battaglia, and his ambitious , his wife Ruthie, highly unscrupulous. "Macbeth" created by William Shakespeare has been recreated in this modern film version. The various warring kingdoms of the play become organized crime factions in the film: King Duncan becomes the godfather or godfather of the main family, Charlie Di'Mico; Banquo becomes his friend, Bankie Como; Macduff becomes the Irish leader, Duffy. Screenwriter Reilly transforms Macbeth into ambitious mob underling Mikey Battaglia, King Duncan's chief lieutenant, driven by a fortune teller's prophecy and the influence of his even more treacherous wife to unseat the head of the D'Amico crime family and claim the most important title. for himself. The most significant aspect of the film is its total fidelity and devotion to the text of the work. The film follows the play scene by scene, sometimes line by line. A closer analysis of the characters and lines will compare the many differences and similarities between William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and William Reilly's "Men of Respect." The personality of Lady Macbeth or Ruthie Bataglia remains instinctive but ruthless in her goal of making Mikey the "godfather". Some lines are paraphrased word for word from Shakespeare's original version. For example, Ruthie scolds her husband by saying, "Show some ambition" and "If I were the right man, I'd know what to do." Other jokes have been brilliantly revised to better understand the audience. Lady Macbeth says in the play: "I had nursed, And I know how tender it is to love the child that milks me: While she smiled in my face, I would have torn my nipple from her nipple... ... middle of paper ..... . allows for greater accessibility in understanding the film thanks to its rich and detailed text. The two mediums of exchange share many similar aspects, but many of them are better understood in the context of the film by having read and understood the play Although. the film remains faithful to many events of the play, however small changes have been made to the words or phrases used in each of them due to the separate tenses. The phrases that are repeated from one to the other serve to better understand the text For example, the witches refer to Macbeth's presence as "something evil comes this way", which in the film is altered as "It's evil out there". bind together. The overall action of the film follows that of the play in lockstep.