William Shakespeare Research Paper

Walking into class, there are 9th graders running to the board to claim their favorite reading parts, telling others how they should get the part today and how the other person has read for the past two days and how unfair that is to everyone else. This is what Shakespeare work is to people, it’s something exciting, and engaging, something worth fighting for. Some people are saying that it is not appropriate for the high school, curriculum because it is too hard, or focuses on certain things unappropriate for the classroom, on it ruins any future experiences they could have with Shakespeare's work. But that is clearly unsupported by the enthusiasm these students show when signing up for reading parts. Shakespeare should continue to be implemented …show more content…
He understood how people think and how they react to different things, and even though he wrote his plays 400 years ago, human nature hasn’t changed. Shakespeare’s plays are all about “self-exploration” and understanding “the human condition” (Rose 389). Because they were written in a way that includes different kinds of people with different beliefs it makes his work easy to relate to, allowing for students to connect with certain characters and really see themselves in his writing. This kind of self evaluation allows for the readers to notice what things they might be doing and how it affects other people, which is important in the public school setting where students with all different kinds of backgrounds communicate and share ideas. Shakespeare's plays allow for students to see “their lives played out before their eyes” (Janmohamed 380). The beginning of everyone's high school career is the time for self discovery, It’s where you learn the most about yourself and the people around you. Shakespeare lets students see how their emotions effect your actions and how different people interpret things in different ways. By teaching these things through literature at such a pivotal point in everyone's life, it allows for students to reflect on how they are going to treat others, and important decisions. The lessons on emotion taught in Shakespeare’s works are

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