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Why Was Shakespeare So Popular
Shakespeare was a bard, playwright and actor, many people regarded his as the most famous English writer. And he has been famous for almost five hundred years for people form different social classes. His work like sonnets and plays had been translated into more that 100 languages. His plays had been played in various theaters many times every year. And many schools required students to read Shakespeare and understand them as well.
There are two reasons that Shakespeare were so popular and his works were considered educative. The first reason and the most important reason is that themes of Shakespeare were tightly related to modern lives. For example human nature and effects of excessive ambitions in Macbeth. The second reason is that the

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