Macbeth is a play for all time Shakespeare's Macbeth, written in the Elizabethan period, is still immensely popular and is performed by theatres all over the world today. It has been adopted by many cultures and still has the ability to engage the audience's attention and entertain us. The characters, settings, plot, themes, language and context have appealed to its audience throughout time. Macbeth will always have the ability to connect with people and reflect …showed first 75 words of 3330 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3330 total…is why every time we moderns consult his works; we come away with a deeper insight into the heart of our own mystery. Macbeth is no psychopath, he is a normal man, endowed with a nature no worse than ours: Which is why, of course, he stands as a chilling example of us all. We can all identify with the themes and gain a sense that in some strange way his plays belong to us.