Why Is Shakespeare Still Relevant

Shakespeare still has a place in modern society to this day. Over 400 years ago, he is still relevant to today’s society. Although most kids especially high school kids, they don’t think he is relevant. Well, he is relevant from education, to history and the modern adaptations that he has made/changed. Shakespeare is of course relevant in many other ways and has an endless possibility depending on how the teacher decides to utilize him.

Shakespeare has an effect on our education. Shakespeare is quoted on a daily basis without even knowing it. For instance, the Oxford english Dictionary(OED) the final record of the english language shakespeare is often identified as the sole user or first user of a word or phrase, according to Charlotte Brewer
Shakespeare found it really easy and flowing that thoughts and images came so easily, that other writers found his talent so sinner. He left a lasting mark upon the english literature and language. Shakespeare was a master of the artistry of the English language. He wrote with such fluidity of thought, word, rhythm, and sound that the work is presented in a complex manner. Shakespeare’s writing style was often a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. Often a single line would have several different meanings, each providing us with insight into a character or plot. Reading and analyzing his work also provides insight into the culture and society around his times of living. In schools they use his plays to
He is considered the greatest english speaking writer in history known as england’s national poet, william Shakespeare(1564-1616) has had more theatrical works performed than any other playwright. To this day countless theater festivals around the world honor his work.(UChicago news)did so. By using just the right combination of words, or by conjuring just the right image, Shakespeare authored countless passages and entire plays so powerful, poignant, comedic, tragic, and romantic that many are still being routinely memorized and performed today, nearly four centuries later. His prose, plots and characters are as alive today as they were when the plays were originally staged during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare’s plays are workable and quite easily adaptable in many contexts. The playwright’s may have lived in a world that is quite unlike our own in many ways, but audiences, then and now, respond to intrigue, violence, sex, and humor. William Shakespeare is often credited with having a influence on language, literature theater and other elements of culture. Some of his famous phrases are “To be or not to be, that is the question” and “Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Which are still used in today’s