Today's Macbeth Is Not Relevant To Modern Audience

STORY

The storyline of Macbeth is not relevant to modern audiences. It is about a man (Macbeth) who has the ambition to be king, in the beginning Macbeth is a little unprepared and his wife (Lady Macbeth) is ruthless. The language and setting of this play is irrelevant because castles and this language are not seen in today’s society. An example of the language shown in this play is found in Act 1, Scene 2 where Macbeth is saying ‘rest easy in the meantime’ but he says “Good repose the while”. The story line of Macbeth is not relevant to modern audiences because people prefer movies and books that reflect on the current world.

THEME

The theme of Macbeth is ambition and guilt. It is relevant to modern audiences because it is still seen in

society. The characters in this play are ambitiously ruthless, especially Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth was very ruthless and thought Macbeth was not capable of being king and having the power, she thought she could just do it herself. Throughout the play, Macbeth gained his ambition to be the best. An example of Macbeth’s ambitious is when Macbeth is talking to Macduff when they are fighting. This quote is seen in Act 5 Scene 8, “accursed be that tongue that tells me so, for it hath cowed my better part of man!” Though Lady Macbeth is ruthless she also feels guilty. In Act 5, Scene 1, the quote “here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweetenshe is sleepwalking and she feels guilty for being a part of the murder of King Duncan. The theme is relevant to audiences because ambition is still found in modern society. For example, Mark Zuckerburg, the creator of Facebook. To get to the top, he would have had to betray, use, and bribe people to get his invention out into the world. It is relevant because to be at the top, you have to be ruthlessly ambitious.

CHARACTERS
Macbeth is a powerful character in the play of Macbeth. He is eager to become king and is easily tempted to commit crimes such as murder. An example where Macbeth shows ambition is in Act 1 Scene 4 when Macbeth says “the prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies.” He is planning to over throw the Prince by killing him to be king. Though Macbeth has all the power Lady Macbeth is just as ambitious. In Act 1 Scene 7, an example of Lady Macbeth’s ruthless ambitious is when she says she would bash out a baby’s brain to kill King Duncan better than Macbeth, “I would, while it was smiling in my face…dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” Audiences can relate to the characters in the play because Macbeth’s character is not uncommon in todays society. Such as Bill Gates, Tony Abbot, Lance Armstrong etc. They all acted ambitiously to get to the top.