The American actor Ethan Hawke, recently appearing in a PBS - BBC Four program dealing with his efforts to get a handle on the title role of Shakespeare's Macbeth, summed up the value of Shakespeare very well in his last several sentences of the program. Hawke had pointed out that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg borrowed words from Shakespeare's Macbeth when offering consolation at the World Trade Center Memorial on the tenth anniversary of the tragedy. Citing the poet, Bloomberg said of the WTC victims, "Let us not measure our sorrow by their worth, for then it will have no end."
Hawke added this observation:
"Somebody said once that current events are always the same. There will always be wars, there will always be people desperate. If you really want to change any or all that you have to begin in your heart. That's where poetry can come in. That's where Shakespeare is most valuable."
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