Michael Mack's Speech 'Why Read Shakespeare'

Collections #5 Essay In his speech, “Why Read Shakespeare,” Michael Mack gives reasons on why it is important to understand Shakespeare’s works when you read them. If you don’t understand what you’re reading, it’s a lot harder to determine the characters’ traits and how they affect the story line. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth’s traits include ambition, greed, selfishness, and, in the beginning, kindness. Throughout the play you see changes take place in Macbeth’s character, which, in turn, help to explain why and how certain things happen. Macbeth’s ambition and selfishness is reflected in everyone, even if it’s not as empowering as it is in Shakespeare’s play. Without ambition, there is no drive to achieve the “impossible.” Even if

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