“If we are true to ourselves, we cannot be false to anyone.” (Hamlet)This quote from Hamlet was written back in 1599, by the one and only William Shakespeare, and is still being used today and many centuries later. Shakespeare never seemed to fail his audience when it came to writing plays like Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. This is why many of his works are famous till this day. So what made Shakespeare's plays so popular? "What secret formula did the playwright William Shakespeare use in the recipe for the tragedy Hamlet? Why, this play has been the rage for 400 years!" (A.C. Bradley). Hamlet, written during 1599-1601, was quoted by Richard A. Lanham to be "one of the greatest tragedies that has
