To What Extent Is Shakespeare Still Relevant Today

The Lion King created by Walt Disney is based off of the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is about a prince who will take revenge on his uncle for murder. The Lion King is about a prince who will help get revenge on his uncle. These two movies are very similar but are also different in many ways.

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

William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the greatest poets and writers of his time and even one of the greatest ever with works such as Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet. Although Shakespeare has been taught in schools for many years, and even all around the world, is Shakespeare's work really relevant for students in school today?

Have you ever read a book that reminds you of a movie ? Shakespeare's’ book Hamlet is corporated into the movie The Lion King. These two have a connection that’s undeniable in similarity. The Lion King is more focused on getting everything back to normal at Pride Rock, while Hamlet focuses on getting revenge.

Hamlet was a four hour long film about a tragic hero who in trying to do the right things ends up going down a spiral of destruction leading to his demise. In contrast, “The Lion King” is a one hour and a half long film about a lion whose loses his father, runs away, and then returns to take back his home land. At first glance these films may seem like complete opposites. But in fact they are very similar. In both films the father characters are very similar, both uncles have similar character traits, and the two main leads come from royalty and regain the thrown.

Family issues that result in a murdering tragedy has been turned into a children’s movie of life lessons. The Lion King produced by Disney was based off of the famous play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is about a prince whose father is murdered by his uncle, the prince seeks revenge after seeing his father’s ghost which leads him to murder. The Lion King is about a prince lion whose father is killed by his uncle, leading to the lion killing his uncle and taking back the throne. Viewers must watch for these details and situations in both The Lion King and Hamlet.

Shakespeare writes about issues that are still relevant today because his themes are universal, his plays have been updated and remade and there are various schools of thought who argue about his plays. His universal themes of vaulting and corrupting ambition, a reliance on superstition and gender tell us that the play Macbeth explored themes that are still seen in today’s society. The updated and remade film versions of Macbeth (also known as The Tragedy of Macbeth) and Macbeth (BBC’s Shakespeare’s Retold Series) tell us that people still enjoy watching the issues in Macbeth. And the various schools of thought Psychoanalytical, Feminist, and Marxism tell us that people still

As innocent and young the Disney movie “The Lion King” may seem, it is, indeed, loosely based off of the renowned Shakespeare play “Hamlet”. It would seem strange to the typical audiences of each, but when looked at closer, it is seen that they are actually related underneath the youthful, animated surface of The Lion King.

William Shakespeare is arguably one of the greatest writers in history. He wrote more than thirty famous plays and nearing 150 sonnet poems, both of which are implemented into many english curriculums around the globe. Titles such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar typically provoke nostalgic memories of grade school for many adults. However, a conflict surrounds the argument of whether or not his works should continue to be taught in present day schools. Opposition to the teaching of Shakespeare stems from the ideas that his works are too old fashioned, are not useful and are unnecessarily confusing.

Every year in school, without fail, we read, study, and discuss a piece of Shakespeare. He is long gone – 300 year old news if you ask me – but yet he is still relevant today. Why is this? From beyond the grave, Shakespeare is still communicating his ideas every time a student is called on to read the next line of Romeo and Juliet, or another passage from Julius Caesar is assigned for homework. Whether he was actively trying to make a name for himself is debatable, but this does lead to another question: Why is his content still important? Although Shakespeare’s accomplishments in of themselves are noteworthy (154 sonnets don't write themselves you know), it’s not for that reason, necessarily, that we study his works. The underlying themes

Shakespeare's world was different from our own today. I'm going to be explaining those differences in the following paragraphs. They will include what happened in the world of Shakespeare to what has changed and what we do differently today. I will also be talking about some things that are similar to his time and ours today.

During his time, Shakespeare changed the style of plays and poetry as the world knew it. He used a distinct form of comedy that was not very common during his era. But it wasn't his comedic wordplay that earned his fame. His unique use of words made him perform for the royals of Europe. Shakespeare very well may have shaped the way modern movies are made today and also has many of his works still being recreated.

Shakespeare is an author that has made an enormous impact on literature as we know it today. The reason why he is still relevant today is because he is the greatest dramatic writer ever. We carry out his name and his works not only because his writings are amazing, but because we can take a lot away from his works and new themes and styles of writing. Many authors thinks his works are great because “The language is rich, the characters are complex and many of his basic themes – love, treachery, honor, bravery and political intrigue – still resonate today, said Craven” (“Why Do We Still Care About Shakespeare?”). His work can still be related to today, which makes his works still relevant. The complexity and the challenging reading Shakespeare has provided is the reason why we study him; to become better writers and to be enriched in his era.

William Shakespeare is known to be the “greatest English-speaking writer in history” and an England’s national poet, actor, and an extremely successful playwright. During Shakespeare’s acting career in London, he started writing all about “European geography, culture, and diverse personalities (History.com).” Willm Shakspere or William Shakspeare, as written by him, then went on to write plays. His first three plays were all created around or a little before 1592 and captured the core studied categories; tragedy (Titus Andronicus), comedy (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew), and history (Henry VI trilogy and Richard III). He wrote plays and sonnets for many theater companies, was one of the main playwrights for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which was renamed the King’s Men when James I was in charge, and formed the Globe theater in 1599 with other partners. Shakespeare’s unique language, themes, verses, format, characters, and plots makes his writing universal to every culture and time period. Shakespeare is still taught in school nowadays due to its’ educational and transitional purposes. Shakespeare continues to influence modern-day life and I believe will for a long time to come.

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