Removing Shakespeare From The Curriculum Of Schools

In a classroom setting, Shakespeare has been able to connect students through his work and art. Shakespeare is the most accessible writer, his works are in almost every language and has, in a way, taught the entirety of the World. To remove Shakespeare from the curriculum of schools would be unfair for students and teachers because of the way that he is able to connect humanity today to the distant past. There’s a commonality to Shakespeare amongst all of society. For instance, in most English speaking societies, everyone knows that Romeo and Juliet kill themselves and that Hamlet can’t rationally make decisions. These things are seen as common knowledge, and when these things are mentioned, but someone doesn’t understand the reference, that person might be seen as uneducated which isn’t really fair. Having a basic knowledge of Shakespeare's work is a useful thing to know since people reference them all the time. People use them to make metaphors and analogies every day. “He’s a common

Shakespeare isn’t made for kids to sit in class and decipher, it is meant for people to watch and understand the play through the actions of each character rather than verbs in what is essentially the modern day equivalent to a movie script. The fact that the language used in Shakespeare’s plays are outdated and hard to understand shouldn’t be pinned down on Shakespeare himself, but should be the fault of the way that it was taught. The language used in these plays were catered to an Elizabethan audience who spoke much differently compared to modern-day English. By giving students text that is hard to read, it not only increases their vocabulary, but also shows them just how much the English language has