Should Shakespeare Be Taught In Romeo And Juliet

Although Shakespeare has revolutionized our literature, his pieces aren’t as influential since they are written over 400 years ago. He wrote his last play in the year of 1613, which is over 400 years old and Shakespeare died 3 years afterwards. One of his more well known plays, Romeo and Juliet is a symbol of literature, it was written in 1594 making it 424 years old. The plays and sonnets are old and need to retire from today’s literature. We are capable of finding modern pieces that teach the same values and impact us as much as Shakespeare did. Ultimately, Shakespeare may have been popular in his era, but moving through the decades he is getting less and less popular. There are countless reasons Shakespeare should not be taught in school,

When reading Shakespeare’s work, most students are forced to use sites like No Fear Shakespeare. That defeats the purpose of reading older pieces of literature, if teenagers end up reading the modern-day version. They should read the modern-day version in the beginning, “To make it through his works, high school students are forced to consult books like ”No Fear Shakespeare,“ which drains all the poetry out in the hopes of making him moderately comprehensible,” (Petri, Para 6). Some adolescents find it hard to read his writing because it so boring. Students get drowsy reading his works, unless they understand what is happening, they are in their own world. “Seriously, …I would honestly prefer to listen to the boring election than have to listen to the life of a 50 year old guy…. the book was way too difficult to understand and I was constantly reading the modern translate to understand the language,”(Anonymous), they believe that a political discussion would be more interesting than one of Shakespeare’s plays. Most juveniles would rather do something they would think is boring, to avoid

Teenagers question their teachers if Shakespeare will ever apply to life. The fact is, it won’t be useful. “When will we use this in life? The answer is never. There shall be no “Thy shall thou thee” when applying for a job,” You won’t be talking in an Elizabethan era language when you are at a job interview. All that Shakespeare’s language does is confuse students. “So people quoting that Shakespeare is imperative in our lives are either "English/literature" fanatics which most people aren't henceforth students should be learning something that will help them thrive in the future,” (Yolodragon) unless you want to be an English teacher, knowing Shakespeare is useless. Since Shakespeare’s works aren’t relevant to today, they are ruined by present-day technology. “Romeo and Juliet would obviously text each other about the poison,” audiences would point out…. Caesar should have just telecommuted,” (Petri, para. 3), plots of Shakespeare’s writings would be ruined in a matter of seconds. We are all connected through electronics, so a fourteen-year-old not having a phone is ridiculous in this decade. Seeing as it is irrelevant to this generation, it has to mean that Shakespeare is outdated by a few hundred years. “Shakespeare wrote over 400 years ago... Grammar and vocabulary have altered to the extent that teenagers tend to dismiss anything written before