The works of William Shakespeare have been an essential portion in the English curriculum for decades, even though his plays were written roughly more than four hundred years ago. This tradition of reading plays such as Hamlet or Romeo & Juliet in the ninth grade and college literature classes has introduced students to a “new” language and complex characters, which in turn, has expanded our mindset. However, multiple universities are removing the requirement that forces students to attend a Shakespearean
Shakespeare should not be taught to high school students, but that does not mean that it should not be taught to college students. For the past three years, I a sophomore in high school, have read three different plays by Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Each book was no simple task, each one had its difficulties especially with the seasoned dialect of the english language. I am a sophomore in high school and I believe that Shakespeare should be taught in college rather than
Shakespeare has been used in schools for many years. His writings are considered to an art that is important to our culture. I believe that Shakespeare should be kept in the ninth grade curriculum because the U.S. is falling behind to more literate countries, his writings help people to better understand themselves and their struggles, and Shakespeare’s writings are a part of our culture. The first reason that Shakespeare should be kept in the ninth grade curriculum is that the United States is
English teachers adore Shakespeare, but what about students? Is Shakespeare really relevant to high school curriculum? Shakespeare is not diverse enough for today's students, difficult to understand, and is meant to be seen and heard, not read. Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He was from Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom and lived from 1564-1616. He wrote 38 plays, poems and sonnets that were translated into 75 languages. Shakespeare should not be taught in a ninth grade curriculum
Shakespeare, the word famous playwright, poet, and actor, has been in the schools curriculum for many years now, but is it time to give him the heave ho? Students argue yes. Shakespeare was born in 1564 and lived up to the year 1616, he has written a whopping 38 plays, poems, and sonnets. His plays have been translated in 75 different languages around the world. Students believe that Shakespeare should not be taught in the ninth grade curriculum because his work is not fit for multicultural classrooms
For as long as Shakespeare has been taught in English classrooms, talk of whether or not this curriculum is truly necessary or educational in any way has constantly been brought up. The typical complaint from the majority of students is that it is extremely strenuous to even begin to try and understand what Shakespeare is saying. Or the usual protest that it is so boring and pointless. Perhaps they are just overwhelmed when they stumble upon Shakespeare’s use of Old English or his sonnets that have
Shakespeare once said in one of his comedies “ I'll put a girdle round about the earth, In forty minutes.” What does that mean? The main reason for there to be a separation from Shakespeare and our schooling systems. Shakespeare's plays are an outdated concept that most students don’t understand the language most of the time. There is no doubt that Shakespeare’s work is very important to the development to modern literature. But to make our educations better we must stop teaching the outdated concepts
Let Shakespeare Live On Walking into any ninth grade classroom currently teaching Shakespeare, one will find several students rushing to the whiteboard, scrambling over each other to sign up for the character they want to act as. Discussions over what happened and who did what spark up between each and every scene read aloud. Schools should keep teaching Shakespeare because the dramas are timeless necessities. One of the largest oppositions to teaching Shakespeare is the time and cultural barrier
Should Shakespeare be in the ninth grade curriculum? Thats a great question, well Shakespeare was born in 1564,Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom and he died in April 23, 1616. Nobody really knew when he was born or knew like everything about him. But all that we know is that he was an amazing poet and the Bard still makes a big impact on a lot of people lives now a days. The question is should Shakespeare still be taught in classes and I think he should because he wrote practically almost everything
playwrights to ever exist is William Shakespeare, who is most known for works such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. There is much controversy on whether or not Shakespeare’s works should still be taught in schools, since he died so long ago, and many people no longer consider him relevant. While Shakespeare has been deemed outdated and unfit for our modern world, we read his works because they can be applied to the lives of everyone, young or old, today. Will Shakespeare writes about characters that make