This week the culmination of our efforts was presented in front of the class. We presented our critical theories to everyone about either the play King Lear or Macbeth. There were a wide range of theories and they were all very interesting. To me, the most interesting one was the theory that my group presented. The psychoanalysis of Edmund is very interesting because he's a very twisted character that does many twisted things. By learning his motives we get to figure out perhaps some hidden meanings in the play or maybe we learn things we didn't think we would learn. For example, Shakespeare could have implied a hidden meaning about how constantly treating a bastard child like a bastard child that has no value. The important thing to learn is that everyone has value, no matter where they come from or what situation they are in.
Another theory I was very interested in was the Marxist theory that took place in Macbeth. I thought it was really interesting how a political ideology could carry on to affect more things that just the government or politics. The idea that people can carry these things past what they are meant for is interesting because it causes you to think that people who are communists politically would also like totalitarian control in the rest of their lives. Not only is it interesting but it is a little scary as well.
To me, all of this proves how great a writer Shakespeare was. His work appears in almost everything you see nowadays and it can entertain you as well. The language is pretty dry but the themes are very interesting and they are still relevant, time has never taken anything from the main idea of a Shakespeare play.