Why Is Shakespeare Still Relevant

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in today’s world, Shakespeare is still relevant in classrooms, it describes the importance of literature and how it was used in his era. With this understanding, Shakespeare demonstrated the types of works/characters, truth about mankind, and the beauty of language.
First of all, most of his plays at the beginning shows that two characters are in love with each other, but as the play continues the viewers understand that there would be a massive plot twist where both lovers dies, for example, in Romeo and Juliet both lovers dies because the fate that the two families could not end their fighting lead to their children death. Furthermore, the truth about mankind, Shakespeare described how human beings can be evil to one another, for example,

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