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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) can be considered one of the best dramatists of history. He portraits the mankind through the various characters presented, bridging the moral and the historic man in his fascinating dramas. The specific play that is going to be discussed in this paper is the most bloody and sinister tragedy ever written by Shakespeare, named Macbeth. It is important to mention beforehand the sources I have based my work on. Firstly, the film Macbeth – Reinado de Sangue, as the main supply in which I lay my comments on; and secondly, a translation on the original book Macbeth, held by Manuel Bandeira, as an additional source that surely has influenced my thoughts. Although I have used different communicative vehicles, I do not aim to develop a semiotic comparison, but a general analysis about one of Shakespeare’s masterpiece. There are many speculations about the existence of a Macbeth pre-Shakespearean (J. M. Robertson), which assume that the writer had based his works – not only Macbeth - on several early peaces. English, Scottish and Irish Chronicles, by Rafael Holinshed, Lancastre and Iorque Nobel Families Union, by Eduardo Hall are mentioned as the main Shakespeare inspiring sources by Manuel Bandeira