Why Read Shakespeare
A few years ago, my sophomoric sister (who was also literally a high school sophomore) sent a frantic email requesting urgent help on her due-next-day paper, the prompt of which was, “Is Shakespeare still relevant?” Then, as now, it’s difficult for me not to daydream about concluding our 8-hour Christmas drive up to Cincinnati with a visit to that school in order to grab that English teacher by his lapels (which he probably does wear), and shake him into less ridiculously banal prompts.
Please go enjoy the full post on Reading Revisited, which quickly gives half a dozen notes on everyone’s favorite English bard.
