Shakespeare original birth has been lost over time, however, his accepted birth has been recorded on April the 23, St George 's Day. (shakespeare-online n.d.) Since then many things have changed, society, education, plays, and presentations. I am going to be exploring multiple ideas explored in this text…
1. The people’s views on nature
2. Ideas of leaders (e.g. government, Kingdome)
3. The treatment of woman
This assignment is going to be looking over the differences in ideas, values and messages displayed between Macbeth and the present day.
Body 1- The Views on nature
T-In the period of Macbeth there are multiple references to nature, earth, and human activities, so what are the differences between the righting’s of Shakespeare, …show more content…
Body 2 - Ideas of leaders (e.g government, Kingdome)
T-What are the relationships between Macbeth and modern society with the consideration of leaders/rulers.
E –As of 2015, 123 of the 192 countries in the world were democratized to be democratises (Anon n.d.) This is infinitely more different from the times in which Macbeth was situated, where the rulers and leaders of countries were organized and ranked through a hierarchy system with kings, queens, jukes, and duchesses.
E – However, Macbeth does something out of the norm. In the play Macbeth kills the king and makes himself the new king. He essentially disregards the ruling system set into place. Now this rings a lot of bells in a few present time situations. For example the knocking down of the Berlin wall, thousands of people rallied together to throw down the “law and order” set down by the ruling parties. Contradictory though, present day society does still have a ruling system which shows similarities between the two times.
L- This shows some of the similarities and differences that can be seen between the powers and leading groups of Macbeth and modern day …show more content…
In the play Macbeth multiple incidences come up where woman are treated differently, so how do will they compare to today’s society.
E- As of 1918 (historylearningsite.co.uk n.d.) Woman where recognized as equals to men (this is the start of the proses of woman rights) this was not always the case, when Macbeth took place woman were thought of differently. However, Shakespeare incorporates a woman taking control over a man this can be seen on pg. 42 Line 47-54 which is extremely unusual for the time