The Influence Of Classic Literature : The King James Bible

Many college students have the misconception that reading Shakespeare is a waste of time. Michael Mack presents a different view in his speech to college freshmen “From Why Read Shakespeare?” Mack’s speech constructed an effective argument that reading shakespeare will help you in life through his use of rhetorical devices and counterclaims.

I wonder how work that was written over four hundred years ago can still be so prevalent today. I remember reading Romeo and Juliet during my first year of high school, watching Othello my sophomore year, and the school theatre program putting on a production of Hamlet. I started taking my first college course during my junior year of high school and I was certain that in ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 I would be introduced to a larger spectrum of literature. However, the broader variety still include Shakespeare’s work, and I found myself reading The Taming of the Shrew. So it is very evident that Shakespeare’s work has left an everlasting imprint and will be important works of literature for generations to come—this question is why?

Shakespeare is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest writers. His plays can give lessons to the audiences about human nature and to enrich their knowledge of literature. However, understanding his language appears to be challenging in varying degree since people presently use Modern English. Therefore, appropriate skills and strategies became extremely important of contributing a better understand.

The morals and values presented in his works speak to the audience, often offering a new perspective on the world in which they live. Students are affected by the powerful and complex characters and are rewarded with profound insights into human nature and behavior.I firmly believe that Shakespeare's works, like no other literature in the high school curriculum, challenge and invigorate the minds of students. Because of the complex characters, difficult vocabulary and style in which he writes, students must elevate their level of learning to grasp a clear understanding of his works. Shakespeare's plays hold intricate meanings and messages. His

Ignoring its effects on language, the King James Bible also had a profound influence on the culture of both its time and the modern era. By spreading the book to nearly all of Europe in the 1600s, it could have a significant influence on art and literature. Literature like Paradise Lost and The Chronicles of Narnia that reference the Bible would most likely not exist today without King James. These thousands of works with their roots in the Bible have sculpted western culture for hundreds of years; so much that it is difficult to imagine a world without them. The Bible has been described as a “book-making book,” meaning that it encourages other literature. Professor Gardiner, in an essay in the Atlantic monthly, expressed that “in all study of English literature, if there be any one axiom which may be accepted without question, it is that the ultimate standard of English prose style is set by the King James version of the Bible.” The prose that the Bible was written in took almost no time at all to start appearing in works of literature.

Do you ever wonder why Shakespeare is still taught in high school. In high school, Shakespeare was shoved down our throats and I despised Shakespeare and his works. I thought that they were pointless and was just a way to torture high school students, but the more I think about what Shakespeare is trying to teach through his works. The more I respect and understand the themes and the language of his works. The more that you understand the more that you can relate, the more that you can relate the more that you can reflect on the things that you have learned. In this essay, I will argue that Shakespeare’s works are important to learn . I will support my argument by explaining the universal themes in Shakespeare’s

When you hear the word Shakespeare, you probably think that it is meant for the people that use intellectual language, the literary types, or even the people who have a higher reading level than the average person. Well, a college professor named Michael Mack argues that Shakespeare can be for everyone once you understand it and it can relate to the real world or be a reflection of it. Mack produces an effective argument that although Shakespeare is difficult, it is worth the effort. Through his use of rhetorical devices and counterclaims.

Everyone hates Shakespeare, right? In the speech ”Why Read Shakespeare?”, the director of University Honors Program at The Catholic University Of America, Michael Mack uses literary structures and techniques. By using parallelism and rhetorical questions Mack fabricates an effective argument to convince a college freshmen audience that Shakespeare is worth the read.

Very few producers of art can actually let their works claim the appellation 'classic.' For to create a piece of work - literature, art, or poetry, that stands the test of time, that proves the author's premise relevant not just in the period when he created it, but also in the generations that follow, is not an easy task. The works of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) have, more than once, proved worthy of the title 'classic.' Not only does his work hold up, as he wished, a mirror to his own society, but manages to reflect what is going on much later, and indeed, may be relevant well into the next millennium, if civilization continues to peruse Shakespeare's writing. A

Laurence Olivier describes Shakespeare as “the nearest thing incarnation to the eye of God” ; but is it really worth the read? College professor, Michael Mack presents a speech to his students convincing them to read Shakespeare. Mack fashions an effective argument that reading Shakespeare is worth the effort through his use of rhetorical devices and counterclaims.

“This isn’t worth my time or effort.” said a large freshman class gathered on the campus of the Catholic University of America, as the English professor Michael Mack delivered a speech “why read Shakespeare?” Mack constructs an effective argument that’s justification is to influence his audience that Shakespeare is worth their time through his use of rhetoric devices, and counterclaims.

There are few names as commonplace, ubiquitous, and recognizable as that of William Shakespeare. His enchanting story telling, complex plot twists, and brilliant usage of rhetoric make it easy to understand why connoisseurs of the English language are devotees to his style of writing. However, it is his extremely portable themes that endear him to today’s audience – plotlines that resonate with the modern everyday human just as much with someone from the 1600s.

Few writers have managed to enter the world-wide public consciousness as well as Shakespeare; everyone knows his name and can terribly misquote his plays. Yet, for all his popularity, many of his critics have called him unlearned, saying his plays are entertaining but shallow. These same critics often point at the many inconsistencies of his writing, claiming that Shakespeare was not trying to convey anything but witticisms and beautiful sounds. Of course, even his harshest detractors acknowledge his plays and sonnets have influenced the world's literature on a scale that is intimidating; every writer of his era stood in his shadow, and modern literature stands on his

William Shakespeare's Relevance Today For as long as formal education has existed in Britain it has been a largely standard assumption that teaching the works of William Shakespeare is relevant and necessary. Perhaps the relevance of his writing is taken for granted, perhaps it is necessary to re-examine the role of Shakespeare for the modern audience. There are indeed many people who question the relevance of this 440 year old playwright to a 21st century audience, taking it even as far as perhaps the greatest heresy of all, questioning the necessity of GCSE pupils learning Shakespeare at all. This “proposed vandalism from the policymakers” (Guardian 09/02/01) is opposed wholesale by supporters

In a genre that contradicts a novelist's affluence of narrative explication, the language in its purest form becomes Shakespeare's powerful instrument, wherein he controls it with the unusual combination of force, subtlety, and exactitude”