Essay On Should Shakespeare Not Be Taught

To start off should Shakespeare be taught in the 9th grade curriculum? Some would consider him one of the greatest english playwright and poet, who work has been translated into 75 languages. In my opinion Shakespeare should not be taught in the 9th grade curriculum because he is hard to understand. His plays were meant to be for entertainment, and is he academically necessary for today's modern teens.
First Shakespeare is hard to understand. “The trouble today is that school children don’t get it and don’t like him” (Robshaw). Most teens find the language of Shakespeare confusing and difficult to comprehend so the meaning of his plays are lost to them. “Shakespeare is a lot to handle and manage” (DeBlasis). The workload for the average teen has increased exponentially, adding something difficult like Shakespeare makes it
Shakespeare wanted his work to be visualized by an audience so that you could truly understand it’s meaning. Reading them only from a book or piece of paper the meaning gets lost. “His plays are not meant like this” (Powell).
My final reason why Shakespeare should not be taught is he academically necessary for today's students. “Shakespeare is losing favor in United States colleges”(DeBlasis). This shows that college students don’t like or need Shakespeare. “Many Shakespeareans have common usage as years go by” (Robshaw). Some think that Shakespeareans as teens have years go by. In conclusion, Shakespeare should not be taught in school because he is hard to understand. Plays are meant to be entertain and not studied. Also, modern day teens have a hard time understanding Shakespeare. Some people might argue that “Shakespeare is the best poet ever!” (Petri). What I think is that Shakespeare is not the best poet because nobody gets the words they just think it is very hard to