Othello - Although Shakespeare's plays were written several hundred years ago, they are still ablt to captivate a contemporary audience. How can their continuing popularity be explained?

Shakespeare's plays are still able to captivate a contemporary audience. All the themes displayed in each one of his play's are still evident in the present and will probably aways be noticeable. In the text 'Othello' the 3 main themes that Shakespeare focuses on is deception, jealousy, honour and reputation, Justice versus Love and prejudice, each connecting to each other in one way or another. Deception is the main theme of the text 'Othello'. Deception is …

…Iago was saying about Othello. As proven all the five main themes of the text 'Othello' are apparent in the twenty-second century and will most-likely always be, as long as there is unequality among civilisation. Shown in the above is the proof that Shakespeare's plays are still used in out society because of the somewhat similar ways of thinking between the people of this current generation and the people who lived thousands of years ago.