The use of supernatural forces made Macbeth very popular around the Renaissance period. Macbeth dealt with witches and how they played a big role in building the plot for Macbeth. People around that time were not very fond of witches. The fact that Shakespeare added witches in the play brought attention to the play. The setting of play was quite interesting. It involved a loyal nobleman whom by evil, turned against his king. This idea may have caused the viewers around the Renaissance to focus on that concept happening. Women in the Renaissance period were quiet in their marriages. They did not have much to say. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth acted as a driving force behind Macbeth?s actions; this was also very ironic at the time.
A reader today can still pick up Macbeth and gain from it knowledge. A modern viewer can take a glimpse of what life was around that time. A modern viewer can experience from reading the kinds of lifestyles people lived in. A modern viewer can see how ambition can destroy the life of a good man. There is also a great deal of rhetorical devices included in Macbeth. A modern viewer can use Macbeth as a guide to imagery and archetypes. Imagery is what developed the plot of Macbeth and its theme. From Macbeth, viewers can see the spiritual warfare between good and evil that still exists today. From Macbeth, we can learn that there is evil in everybody. This is a fact that has been forgotten by today?s society. Macbeth may have been written hundreds of years ago, but it is still considered great drama; simply because it tells a story of a tragic hero. Supernatural, Imagery, Archetypes, and the fact that people?s beliefs and morals are affected by the play, makes Macbeth great drama.