Is Shakespeare Still Relevant Today Essay

Hi my name is Emily Colton, In my english class we have been talking about if William Shakespeare is still relevant to modern students today. Yes I think it is still relevant to modern students. Shakespeare introduced thousand of words and phrases to the English language and with some new concepts. The characterisation and themes make Shakespeare modern today in many ways.

The characters in Shakespeare stands out making Shakespeare relevant to many people. His plays are continued to be performed today not because William is famous but because his characters feel alive to the viewers. Today there are films that have been invented and have made modernised versions of Shakespeare plays. We got to watch the film Romeo and Juliet in english class, it was interesting and hard to watch because of the Shakespeare language but with the modern settings like the actors, costumes, made it easier to watch because you were being engaged of what was going on. Romeo and Juliet’ main theme Love is shown through Romeo and Juliet's relationship. Romeo and Juliet

love each other but Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. The Montages and Capulets families are rivals and don’t like each other. Another theme is hate, this is shown by the Montague's and Capulets. The characters of Romeo and Juliet and the themes show throughout the movie that they are seen to be relevant and very understanding to modern students today in our society.

Shakespeare’s influences modern story - telling by films, plays, books etc.
Films influenced by Shakespeare is “Ten things I hate about you” and “She's the man.” Some of Shakespeare plays relate to some modern day movies.

The Movie “She's the Man” is based on the play on the “Twelfth Night”. It is a funny, quirky modern day tale that every teenager can relate to. The film “She’s the Man”, inspired by The “Twelfth Night”, shows similar names of characters and plot. The Twelfth nights main theme is love and its also a really funny play/movie. The themes are also shown in the modern movie “She’s the Man”. The similarities between “The Twelfth night” and “She's the man” is that they have the same plot line, character names and the quote from “She's the man” is the same as the play. “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them” The differences between them is that Viola becoming Sebastian in “She’s the Man”, instead of

Cesario.

The language of Shakespeare is hard to understand but some of the words, phrases and quotes are created by William Shakespeare and some of them we use today. Some phrases that we say today are “fair play” (follow the rules and) “In a pickle” (to be in trouble or in a situation that you cannot easily get out of.)

Is William Shakespeare still relevant to modern students? Yes I think it is because themes of the films today that have been modernised from plays help us believe that characters from these are realistic and to believe that his language can be around even if its hard to understand.