Unit Rationale: Shakespeare's Influence In Pop Culture

Unit Rationale: Shakespeare is fascinating, not only because he has had a huge influence in our language and inspired so many pop culture movies, but because his plays truly teaches the audience what it means to be human. Through his dramas, so many themes come up on how ambition, desire, death, jealously, betrayal, friendship etc. shapes a person’s character which in turn dictates their actions. By understanding these experiences, students can begin questioning if there is such thing as good and evil or are these labels flawed since one isn't taking into consideration past experiences of the characters.