A Timeless Shakespeare

Shakespeare, one of the most well-known names to any teenager in any High School English class; however not a name at which the average student will rejoice. Why, some may ask? Given the rate of difficulty of speech, as well as over powering flowery language, most loose interest at a surprisingly increasing rate. However Shakespeare is not a name at which we should run in the opposite direction. Students should instead openly embrace the knowledge and beauty as well as concepts and ideas still pondered and valued today, first brought to light through the plays of the brilliant William Shakespeare.


Racism, envy, prejudice, unfounded hatred, emotional takeover, logic and reason, are only some of the universal issues on which Shakespeare basis his literary works upon. His writing is exquisite in the way of which he has carefully handpicked the wording to express exactly what he is trying to convey ; opposite that he also had a way of carefully handpicking his wording in such a way to keep his meaning open to each readers own opinion. However since most Shakespeare readers are made up of high school students not at all interested in the knowledge, and beauty presented throughout his works, book companies have tried a new approach. Shakespeare the Graphic Novel Collection. This collection presents the reader with a visual, as well a more modern twist on the language; easier to understand language, as well as a play by play visual, presents students with an easier more 'user friendly' way in which to read and understand Shakespeare.


Therefore by making works such as, Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet 'user friendly', we take away the beauty of interpretation, imagination, and the magic of Shakespeare's literature. His works were intended to be read in the original form; if the original version cannot be appreciated for its devices, creation, word usage, imagery, intent, thoughts/ideas, and many other qualities which make Shakespeare a literary genius, than what gives us the right to explore it in any means which he did not intentionally create?