how can you understand the shakespear poem Macbeth?

Answer 1

I like Shakespeare, so much of his works are easy for me to understand.
If you have trouble understanding it, you can go to the bookstore and get a copy that has the modern English translation on the opposite page as the original work.

Answer 2

Some people find that it's easier to understand a Shakespeare play when you see it performed than when you read it on the page. There are some film versions of Macbeth available. Any chance you could rent one of them and watch it? If not, as you read the play, try to imagine that you're watching actors act it out. Try to imagine people speaking to each other, fighting with each other, etc.

(Most good edition of the play have notes at the bottom of each page to explain unfamiliar words and phrases.)

Answer 3

First relax, Shakespeare wrote modern English (he just used a few archaic expressions is all). Then read it at an even moderate speed (not fast) and aloud (very important, paying attention to the punctuation marks. A comma is a short pause, a semicolon a little longer and a colon longer still. Period, exclamation points and question marks indicate the end of thoughts. Keep a dictionary handy and look up any words you do not understand. You will soon get the hang of it.

Answer 4

Macbeth is a play not a poem.