Shakespeare includes a great deal of modern television, film, and books. Authors draw inspiration from his awe-inspiring writings, and directors are keen to create dramas that captivate and capture the attention of audiences, as Shakespeare did with the masses. Why, however, has Shakespeare resonated in modern society while other authors, also wealthy, have become irrelevant? The answer ultimately lies in Shakespeare's ability to write heartbreaking plays that focus on the moral dilemmas that every man experiences. The universality of Shakespeare's work, in this case Macbeth in particular, comes from its depiction of the common moral struggles humanity faces; how as a species the distinct, wild, innate feelings that humans are born with are difficult for the mind to interpret. Macbeth is not just the tale of how a man killed his king to take the throne, but in essence it is the tale of one man's struggle with jealousy, power, betrayal, and the resulting paranoia that comes from his inability to cope. . with the reality of his actions, through the use of explicit imagery, metaphors and personification of Shakespeare. Macbeth, like the title character, struggles with a sense of declining humanity and the battle between a naturally good nature and the oppressive corruptions of society. This moral dilemma that Macbeth faces is the penultimate battle that every generation faces; the difficulties in dealing with the consequences of bad moral decisions and the resulting struggles with the morbidity that accompany it. At the beginning of Act II, Scene I, Macbeth is encouraged to kill King Duncan by his power-hungry wife. After the servant leaves, Macbeth reflects: "Now in the only half-world nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse... middle of paper... cunningly his humanity, capacity for rational thought) Accordingly , Macbeth can be seen simply as the story of a warrior who stole the crown and died because of it, or it can be seen as an accurate depiction of the dilemma each person faces when they make a wrong moral decision and it returns to normalcy haunting them The beauty of Shakespeare is that at the heart of each play are qualities of humanity that are not superficial, but are rather wild instincts that we do not necessarily want to face, but which we are subsequently forced to observe through Shakespeare's captive use of literature devices and the resulting absolute identifiability that comes from its ability to depict vivid and morally conflicting scenes. Therefore, what Shakespeare really shows us is that, although society has changed over the centuries, humanity is the only constant. through each generation.