Why Is Shakespeare Still Alive

There are those who associate Shakespeare with elevated social status and feel that Shakespeare is no longer relevant to a broad audience and therefore should not be taught. In addition in a world where composition is diminishing as technology becomes more prominent, they believe that Shakespeare is less important. These ideas are flawed as Shakespeare continues to be relevant intellectually, emotionally and most importantly culturally. Shakespeare should continue to be required reading.

Shakespeare is dead. Shakespeare is not relevant in today’s times. It is very boring for students to listen to the material, and only a certain type of personality can appreciate Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare is known to be the “greatest English-speaking writer in history” and an England’s national poet, actor, and an extremely successful playwright. During Shakespeare’s acting career in London, he started writing all about “European geography, culture, and diverse personalities (History.com).” Willm Shakspere or William Shakspeare, as written by him, then went on to write plays. His first three plays were all created around or a little before 1592 and captured the core studied categories; tragedy (Titus Andronicus), comedy (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew), and history (Henry VI trilogy and Richard III). He wrote plays and sonnets for many theater companies, was one of the main playwrights for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which was renamed the King’s Men when James I was in charge, and formed the Globe theater in 1599 with other partners. Shakespeare’s unique language, themes, verses, format, characters, and plots makes his writing universal to every culture and time period. Shakespeare is still taught in school nowadays due to its’ educational and transitional purposes. Shakespeare continues to influence modern-day life and I believe will for a long time to come.

In Shakespeare’s life wrote 37 plays and 154 works that we know of (King). Shakespeare is still a very popular author today even though he wrote his plays over 400 years ago. In Cuba a popular cigar is named after his play Romeo and Juliet. London held a Shakespeare marathon as the olympic

The infamous William Shakespeare had written over 30 plays before his death. Shakespeare’s plays are still very much recognized and appreciated in classrooms across the world. He knew how to make to make a simple point in strange ways. The playwright constantly made many life references that are still valid in today’s lifestyle.

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea , my love as deep ;the more I give thee, The more I have,for both are infinite.” William shakespeare’s Drama Romeo & Juliet has been questioned for its relevance and inclusion in the ninth grade curriculum. Romeo and Juliet & Juliet gives students a different way to learn what they would ,otherwise, learn off of a worksheet. Shakespeare’s beautiful enriched language has many benefits in the High School.

While many high school students believe Shakespeare is not relevant today, I believe Shakespeare and his writings are relevant because they are a good influence and they bring people and countries closer together while expanding the reader’s vocabulary.

When looking at the today, Shakespeare’s memory has lasted for less than 500 years, and is still likely to last because of his great works, and the movies and books depicting his work. The movies of his plays, and the book full of all of his plays. “Shakespeare’s work was performed throughout the next hundred years as his fame and reputation grew throughout the country.” Although we may not know how long his influence and memory will last exactly, it’ll get really hard to forget someone who introduced so many words to the English language and so many good works to enjoy in many different forms. In fact, the reason his memory is alive is because of old colleagues and friends that put all of his plays into a single book, called a folio, and because some people passed down many memories of him.

Shakespeare once wrote, “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” (Hamlet, 3. 1. 64). This is to be considered one of Shakespeare’s most famous and used quotes. Though Shakespeare was alive and wrote many decades before our time, students are still subjected to using his works. This leaves people with the question, why? William Shakespeare’s works are still used today due to his universal themes, uncanny ability to take ideas and turn them into new and captivating wonders, and amazingly rich language.

If he didn't have any influences, his writings wouldn’t have been as good as they are now. William Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23rd, 1616 on his 52nd birthday. Scholars believe that it might not have been the real date of his death but there was a record of his burial two days later on the 25th of April so they just assumed he died on that date. In Shakespeare’s 28 years of working, he’s written 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and two long narrative poem.

Many have heard of William Shakespeare, and many have seen or known his work without even knowing it was his. The playwright, poet, and actor was born April 23,1564. There has been a debate whether him and/or his plays and work are still relevant till this day. Shakespeare has a worldwide impact and his plays and their concept continue to illustrate the problems we are affected by today. Significantly, after first experiencing Shakespeare, many can already notice that he has the potential to speak out various emotions some cannot find words to express and experiences we encounter time to time.

In the American school systems, curriculum for High School English and even sometimes college literature, require that students read Shakespeare's plays. Most commonly, we read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Why do High Schools require that their students read Shakespeare? Why do we still care about Shakespeare? The answer lies in the human condition. The human condition is what connects all homosapeians and allows us to call ourselves Human. We experience birth, in more ways than one; we grow, on spiritual levels as well as physical; we have emotions, unlike any other creatures on earth; we show aspiration; we have conflicts with one another,

William Shakespeare is one of the world 's most influential people to ever live. “BBC audience survey names Shakespeare as Britain 's Man of the Millennium.” (Andrews 2) Shakespeare’s works continue to be evident globally in modern society. Hundreds of years after William Shakespeare’s death, his influence continues to make an effect in the modern day English language, modern movies and film, and authors or artists today.

Today if Shakespeare was alive we would know so much more than just the facts that we can find. He would be a celebrity, he would be all over web pages, magazines books, articles. Since he is not around we know very little about him. William was born in a small town of Stratford-on-Avon. There is a possibility that he went to their small town free grammar school. When he was eighteen he married Anne Hathaway,

An issue that is hotly debated is whether William Shakespeare is real or not. William Shakespeare’s personal life was always a mystery. Research shows, however, that many people believe Shakespeare is real. Therefore, I believe that William Shakespeare was Christopher Marlowe.