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Macbeth, act I What is it that constitutes great writing in our society? What justifications can award a writer with such prestigious honor as nationally establishing a play or sonnet as truly fantastic? Whatever questions people strive to define as substantial reasoning for greatness lie in all of Shakespeare’s writings. Parallel to the rest of his writings, in act one of Macbeth, Shakespeare applies such items as mood, characterization, motifs and themes to unfold …

…soul. With all these different moods, characters and motifs placed into the reader’s minds with the first act, as well as through out the play, one can easily connect the overall tone of Macbeth to the beginning features. Shakespeare used such analytic sources for the first act to successfully unfold the idea of the play. This, combined with other marvelous strategies, I feel, has helped to make Shakespeare known as truly a great writer.