He wanted to know if he was capable of committing an evil act in contradistinction to what his fate and his nature tell him to do; Raymond specifically decides to do the exact opposite of what he would normally do, to go against his instincts.
les textes de Shakespeare mettent en valeurs les images,l'interpretation excellente de Laurence Olivier vient s'y ajouter.Suffisamment dramatique mais le mise en scene un peu maladroit au sens cinematographique.