Is Shakespeare Relevant Today

Though some say that Shakespeare and his works are no longer relevant in today’s culture and society, I still pertain the view the idea that Shakespeare is still relevant in today’s world.

Shakespeare is still relevant today because of the connections between his plays, true meanings behind his dialogue, and characters of those plays to the people that live now. Connections can be seen in his plays and the world today because of their main theme. In Romeo and Juliet there are many barriers that get in their way, one being especially because they are of different households which can be seen in the play itself “Two households, both alike in dignity/ In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, /From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, /Where civil

Because most of his characters are different from each other, it allows the audience to have a broader range of characters to feel connected to. In that time of Shakespeare there was stereotypes of different people in that culture. There was the stereotypical teenagers like Romeo and Juliet who were super dramatic and almost drunk with love. This dramatic and loving lifestyle can be seen when Juliet and Romeo meet for the first time and they act like they have loved each other for their entire lives, “Romeo: Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take. [He kisses her.] /Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged. /Juliet: Then have my lips the sin they have took. /Romeo: Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! /Give me my sin again. [He kisses her.] (act 1 ii 117-121).” There was the strict parents who cared only about manors and how their children carried out their lives. Though they want what is best for their children like all parents they did get distracted at times because they realize that through their children’s success they could also receive success. This is seen when Capulet and Lady Capulet are practically forcing Juliet to marry Paris, “Capulet: Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender /Of my child’s love. I think she will be ruled /In all respects by me. Nay, more, I doubt not.- /Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed. /Acquaint her here of my son Paris’ love, /And bid her- mark you me? -on Wednesday next(act 3 ii 13-17) .” There was also the stereotypical young men like Sampson and Gregory who were always talking with a bit of profanity and always wanting to show off how great they were. Just in every conversation of theirs they talk about the same immature stuff Just as there were people like that back then there are still people like that today. Teenagers nowadays still more worried what people and the opposite gender think of them and