Should Shakespeare Be Taught In Schools Essay

Shakespeare is a author/playwright from the late 16th and 17th century who wrote these amazing plays and stories that impacted people so much that he is still being taught in school today. Many people are now thinking and debating about whether he might be outdated. Many people might have their reasons for not wanting Shakespeare in school anymore and some might be personal opinions, but when you look at the facts. Shakespeare should be taught in schools because of, the core curriculum and the diversity in his writings.
Shakespeare has been around for centuries, his work is present in a lot of modern writings. It is no surprise that his name is mentioned in the core curriculum of many schools. This shows that even the board of directors have thought about Shakespeare’s work and have …show more content…
This means that you won’t be reading what feels to be the same thing everytime you pick up a play or book by Shakespeare. This can keep kids interested, no kid wants to read a story and then read another story with the same plot but with different characters! This is why he is loved by many people, his stories keep kids or adults hooked on his stories which are extremely diverse. Even the lengths of his stories are diverse. Take a story like All’s Well That Ends Well, which only lasts about 13 pages and then Romeo and Juliet, which is way longer. J Holtman wrote an article in response to the Dusbiber article in favor of Shakespeare. She takes a look back into her high school years and recalls what her experience with Shakespeare was like, “By the tie I had finished high school, I had four: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, MacBeth, and Hamlet. All battered, with notes scribbled in the margins from LHS students of lore.” (paragraph 3) As you can see this tells us that many students have seen the writings of Shakespeare and have been interested in the lore, the pitfalls, the take-aways, and much much