Letter to Shakespeare Essay

Having studied the bet, Macbeth, imagine that letter can be sent to the past and that Shakespeargon is living in seclusion at Newplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. You decide to write him a letter telling him about the success of his play, Macbeth, in the 21st century and this play is tranquillise being canvass and performed and filmed.Dear William Shakespeare,I am writing to you from the 21st century as we moderate developed a new way which allows us to write letters to commonwealth in the past. I am very(prenominal)(prenominal) glad to tell you that your play, Macbeth, has become very successful. People admire what you have done in Macbeth. Macbeth is very relevant today for example we have women like Lady Macbeth, as well as men p chain reactorting horror crimes. Macbeth has something we call quantifyless themes, timeless themes are things that are written about in the past but still occur in every day life and are relevant to people now.The people of the 21st century are very fond of the pieces you put into Macbeth. They like how Macbeth changed from a noble character to an sliminess villain. The thoughts that go done his see interest them a lot. The way Macbeths conscience takes a hold of him and grows to be a hurdle as he progresses through the play.The social and heathenish attitudes of people of my time have changed vastly. People in the Elizabethan time loveed and feared the monarchy for example in act 5 scene 7, Macbeths soldiers were engagement not because they love him but because they were afraid that he might kill them. The monarchy also had all the power. I am not saying that everyone does not respect the monarchy but the majority of people do not. The people of our time are not scared of the monarchy now either as the people have realize that the parliament have the most power now. The monarchy is more of an iconic figure that states the heritage of Britain and has a less important role in the running of the co untry.Macbeth stress witchcraft in numerous ways but the thrill for witchcraft has died down in our time. Witchcraft was very popular in your time. Witches were seen as evil creatures e.g. Banquo says The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, and these are of them This fork ups that Banquo does not trust the witches and as the general public would think in your time Banquo classes the witches as rare and evil. near people now do not believe in witchcraft but are still intrested when they read about it in your play. I was intrigued by the witches in the offset printing scene when they started chanting because it grabbed my attention and got the play to a great start.People are now deprivation to the cinema more than they go to the theatre as the theatre is seen as old fashioned now. However you will be pleased to know that you movie is being broadcasted on TV and cinema too.As I state before, your play uses something we call timeless themes. People of our time still enjoy readin g all your plays. They love the biliousness of Midsummer Nights Dream and cannot get enough of the romance of Romeo and Juliet. They enjoy these plays as they have incidents which are still relevant to us know.in person I think the reason Macbeth is so popular is because of its successful structure. The structure is simple but very effective. I have realised that you introduced the witches in the first scene to grab the readers attention and to keep them interested through the whole play. The witches at the end of the scene say, Fare is foul and foul is fare, hover through the fog and the filthy air I think you put this bit in to confuse the people watching and make them think about what has been said and keeps the audiences attention through the rest of the play.Act 3 Scene 5 is the next big scene where the witches get a lot to say. In that scene you have made the witches talk about Macbeth once more. This shows that the witches are intrigued by Macbeth, to trade and traffic with Macbeth The witches have mixed feelings about what they have done to Macbeth. The witches conversation about Macbeth makes the audience think about what the witches plan on doing next.I was interested and got into the play most when you created dramatic irony in the play for example when the audience knew Macbeth was plotting to kill Banquo. However he was being very nice to Banquo and Banquo had no idea he was walking into a trap. hithers our chief guest Macbeth said as he talked to Banquo and Lady Macbeth, although he was actually plotting to kill him.You also added in soliloquies into the structure, mainly Macbeths. The soliloquies focused on a fight between Macbeths guilt and Macbeths competition, Our fears in Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which could be feared In almost all of the cases Macbeths ambition came ahead of the guilt he had.You had put in some very strange characters but managed to fit them in magnificently well. People in your time mus t have been amazed to see a woman (Lady Macbeth) committing a crime. However, in the 21st century we have women committing crimes almost as ofttimes as men. Lady Macbeth in your time was unique as she was a villain. It fascinated people then and even though women committing crimes is not rare it still fascinates us now.Witches were very popular in your culture, I understand that King James even wrote a book about them called Demonologie The witches that intrigued people on your time still have an impact on us even thought it is not the main talking point in our culture.The character of Macbeth is really complicated. His character is what we call a tragic hero. Macbeth was introduced as a brave fighter which really caught the eye of the audience, Hail, brave friend The evil of the witches changed him completely into a criminal. His ambition to be the king was his downfall and that really shocked the audience. Who would have thought that ambition was a bad thing? The ambition came fro m the witches prophecies which portray them as evil once more.The witches talk in rhyming couplets. The expression you used was amazing. You had to describe the surroundings using only speech for example How goes the night boy It worked very well and it shows that you do not need props to describe the surroundings.I have realised that you have used a lot of imagery in your play as well in the form of similes and metaphors, like a rat without a tail It is very effective and adds something new to the plain language in a normal conversation. The Duncan murder scene which you left out was a good decision. I believe that you did not have props to show the murder and also that you thought it would have been disrespectful to the monarchy if you put the scene in. However, people have been making new versions of your play with Duncans murder added into it.A man called Roman Polanski made a version of Macbeth with scenes added into it. In Act 2 Scene 1 Polanki puts in different camera angles to portray what certain(a) characters are doing at the time. The castle is full of stair cases and long corridors. When the dagger appears there is strange music going on in the background suggesting Macbeth is going to do the unnatural by killing Duncan. In the same act he also uses a lot of silence to create tension and suspense. He puts a close up on Lady Macbeth to show that shes trying to keep out of sight from Banquo and Fleance. Polanski uses a great technique to show who is hiding or not. He puts the characters in dark light to show they are not prepared to show their face.Polanski adds extra bits in Scene 1 and Scene 2 of Act 2. He added these bits as it would be easier for the viewer to make sense of the whole play. When Macbeth approaches Duncans room, you notice white light feeler from it which is to show that he is innocent. As Macbeth gets closer to the room the light begins to flicker showing that Duncan is in trouble. Polanski shows Duncans murder in a gruesome ma nner. Duncans death is emphasised by his crown falling to the ground, thus showing that the King is no more.In conclusion as I have mentioned before, your play is very successful. My favourite character is Banquo. I like him as you have portrayed him as an innocent and a noble man. I feel that he is one of the few innocent people all the way through the play because the other characters are changed by evil around them. I loved the moment when Banquos ghost came back to haunt Macbeth as it seemed very unnatural. In that moment people at the banquet, including his wife, see Macbeth as cowardly and insane. This was in contrast to the impression people had before when they thought of him as a brave, fearless and noble soldier. Overall the popularity of your play has not died down over the days and your play has been transformed into movies and TV programmes with great success.