William Shakespeare Research Paper

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William Shakespeare was a well known poet and dramatist during the Elizabethan era. Today, 451 years after his birth, we still read his poetry and perform his plays. Shakespeare’s works are read all around the world today in high schools and in universities and his plays have been

William Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare. adapted into movies or modern forms of entertainment. Despite the fact that Shakespearean literature is still found in our modern society many people question whether it is still relevant. If you ask any handful of people what they know about Shakespeare they will probably reply with something along the lines of “Boring plays and poetry that uses an old, hard to understand style of english.” Shakespeare’s literature

These films or T.V. shows still follow the rough plot of Shakespeare’s plays but usually use a more modern and bearable vocabulary. Films such as Romeo and Juliet, 10 Things I Hate About You, Hamlet, She’s The Man and The Lion King have been adapted into movies from Shakespeare’s plays. Many people wouldn’t know this and but still enjoy watching these films. So Shakespeare is entertaining and relevant for modern audiences, especially when it’s in the form of a movie. The fact that people will willingly watch a movie that is based on a Shakespearean play would suggest that the biggest reason why many people dislike Shakespearean literature is because of the type of language and vocabulary used. Put that aside and Shakespeare is obviously relevant to modern students, especially when it has been adapted into a more modern form of entertainment such as a movie or a T.V.

These issues were hot topic’s in the Elizabethan era and still are today in the media. This makes Shakespearean literature still relevant to modern students because it teaches us a lot about social issues that are relevant to our lives. For example William Shakespeare’s play, ‘Macbeth’, has a lot to do with the social issue of greed for power, the cycle of violence and war and the corruption involved with power. Greed for power is seen when lady Macbeth talks her husband into killing the King for the throne. This can be applied to many situations in modern history where people have done horrible things through greed for power. Shakespearean literature has many examples where social issues like this are used to teach lessons to the viewer or reader. Because of this Shakespeare remains very relevant to modern students because they can learn quite a lot about present social issues despite the fact that Shakespearean literature is over 400 years