William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23 1564. Shakespeare, according fto the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household – three of whom died in childhood. Shakespeare attended the free grammar school in Stratford, which as the time had a reputation to rival that of Eton, which explains his great work. Between 1585 and 1592 he became a successful writer. Shakespeare used his talent to write plays which were admired by many Elizabethan audience.
The plot of the play is based on how Macbeth is in desperate need of reaching to the throne, no matter how much problems he would go through or how many people he would murder.
Appearance and reality were the theme of Macbeth, people’s first impression of him being such a great warrior mislead them to what he really is. Appearance is how someone appears to be in front of other people and reality is the actual truth of that person and what his intentions are. I will be looking at how the themes of appearance and reality are presented in Macbeth.
In medieval and Jacoban roots, men produced new dramas and comedies using Marlowe’s styling of blank verse. Shakespeare then out did them all, and people at the time loved his plays because he combined the best traits of Elizabethan drama with classical sources, enriching the admixture with his imagination and wit. For example at that time people were interested in the supernatural which is why he included the witches in Macbeth.
The first purpose-built play house in Elizabethan London, constructed in 1576, was the theatre. It was situated outside the city, to avoid conflict with the authorities. The theatre was a financial success and Shakespeare company performed there until 1598. It could accommodate an audience of between two and three hundred thousand people.
The supernatural forces were the structure of Shakespeare’s Macbeth there are