Undeniably Shakespeare has had a very profound effect on many things, the English language in particular. While my appreciation of Shakespeare has grown greatly since being forced to read him in high school, and have come to find the whole topic intriguing, the author was really reaching in an effort to justify a conclusion in many instances. Because of Hamlet’s skull speech, teenagers wear skulls on their shirts. Our modern take on sexuality is informed by Shakespeare. Our notion of teenagerhood is because by Shakespeare. All political revolutions draw their inspiration from Shakespeare. It’s all a bit over-arching. It gave me some things to ponder, and there are some fun factoids, but it started to feel a bit like a padded essay assignment.
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