i am not lazy at all, i just like to do work that is benificial to my future, and shakespear doesnt seem like he would do much for me in the long run. what it seems like to me is that the teachers ran out of ideas for what to keep the kids bussy with for about 6 years. sure i wouldnt mind of shakespear was in history cuz he did some amazing stuff, write a reaserch paper on him and all is well. but its reading his stuff and pealing it apart word for word that seems just so pointless. some with diagramming sentances.
2006-09-27 18:26:23 · 4 answers · asked by kidsamston 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
In the 21st century most people of the English-speaking world encounter Shakespeare at school at a young age, and there is an association by some students of his work with boredom and incomprehension and of "high art" not easily appreciated by popular culture, an ironic fate considering the social mix of Shakespeare's audience. At the same time, Shakespeare's plays remain more frequently staged than the works of any other playwright and are frequently adapted into film—including Hollywood movies specifically marketed to broad teenage audiences, though many simply take credit for his plots rather than his narrative. Famously, Shakespeare's plays are often transferred to a different enviroment even when retaining his dialogue.
On another level, many modern English words and phrases that are taken for granted were invented by Shakespeare.
Essentially, Shakespear has influenced a great deal of what we do--plays, poems, literature, words, and culture.
Don't believe me? Here are a few words Shakespeare had invented: cheap, clutch, countless, control, hostile, humor, leaky, leapfrog, laughable, overview, pious, shooting-star. These are the only few among hundreds.
2006-09-27 18:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo Medic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shakspeare was probally one of the worlds most astute observers of the "human condition" if you read it with some passion and a meter simaliar to poetry and get past the "olde" english you'll see it shows us as people even today. Do you think teen suicide is a new problem brought on by all the stress of life?
Think again and read Hamlet. How about our leaders appearing to be full of themselves and jackasses is it new? Try "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" Look for the stuff that applies to today and you'll find it becomes fun another thing that is cool see if anyone in your life is like anyone of Shakespear's characters. I will admit that script your holding has no centerfold but damn once you apply the Bard's plays to today's world it is damn fun better than Hustler even.
2006-09-28 01:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by fun97501 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he is one of the greatest literary minds in the history of the English language.
Similar to what Newton and Einstein were to physics
DaVinci and Rembrandt were to art
Lennon and Mozart were to music
and
Belushi and Williams are to comedy
We have a responsibility to study great minds no matter what field of endeavor nor period of time. We have a responsibility to pass on the knowledge of the past to future generations to incite and excite their minds and their imaginations..
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
2006-09-28 02:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes true, we shud read him for more as history stuff than as literature, i mean not unless we are researching with him. but we shud read his works, may be abridged, simpler versions, for his works are just great with immense relevance even today. he is a landmark, i admire him a lot. he is not pointless, and we do so many thngs which are out and out pointless. dont we??
dear, can we forget our fore fathers and their contributions or shud we???
2006-09-28 01:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by mimpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋