Jan 23 2021

Shakespeare

When we read the plays written by Shakespeare, we feel it is a book difficult to understand. It was written in old English and many of the words were used four hundred years ago, not fit any more in modern English.
Shakespeare was a play writer, not a novel writer. In his life of fifty-two years of age he wrote thirty-seven plays. The most known plays were Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Four hundred years have been gone, but Shakespeare plays are still popular today. There should be a reason behind. Are we to learn English? It should be “no” because it is a difficult English and no more used in today’s society. Today, teachers who are qualified to teach Shakespeare are not many. But, the contents of the play are really attractive to audience.
But, it is not good to young people. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo sixteen Juliet thirteen married without parents’ permission. In Hamlet, the Queen married again within one month after the King’s death. In King Lear, the King without reason, suddenly gave his Kingdom to his two daughters who after obtaining power, refused to takes care of him. He then, had to roam in the desert, and died in anger and regret. In the Macbeth, the general Macbeth, already in senior position, due to greedy, killed the King. Thus, tragedy happened. All those events are not good and unhealthy to young people.