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The desire for freedom lies deeply embedded in the heart of man, and he will not be enslaved for long, though he may be subdued for a little while by the use of brute force. Shakespeare’s major works revolve around the rise and fall of Emperors and Empires, and among the many reasons that threaten his monarchs is popular unrest, which Marx defined as the reason for the demise of the Slave and Feudal Societies, and for the establishment of a government by popular consent. This paper will attempt to analyse the factors behind the subversion of the state and revolt against the aristocracy by the other classes that existed in Elizabethan society by applying Marxist principles, and further the conclusions drawn shall be used to evaluate the implications of the changes in power dynamics between these classes and the state, and how this change undermines the authority of the republic as a whole.