While Alexandra Petri in “On the Bard’s Birthday, is Shakespeare Still Relevant?” suggests that Shakespeare in the new, modern, age is unimportant to society now, I concede that no matter what day or age, Shakespeare is an important part of English history. Americans today tend to think of freshman english class and are reminded of the ever so famous “Romeo and Juliet”. You would think that the cherished piece of history were to be around forever, being taught the same way, forever. However, in her work, Petri insists that the studied works of Shakespeare are simply “outdated”.
