True Reflections

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As I was reading the comment section for the "To Renovate or Not to Renovate" article, I was struck by one particular comment made by H5.  They wrote, "I always think of Shakespeare as they(the) mirror people crave to see themselves. But of course, he states this best: "And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, of yourself which you yet know not of." WS  

Is the reason Romeo and Juliet and MacBeth as well as Shakespeare's other plays redone and re-imagined because the core ideas, characters and themes are timeless?