My Final History Presentation :Why Shakespeare

Everyone, imagine that you went to the old England. You are enclosed with dazzling houses and an old woman who is going to a theatre tells you that you are now on the Chapel Street. At the moment, you finally realize that you are in Stratford. You reach a house and unconciously knock on the door. Surprisingly, the owner of the house opens the door and comes out. Soon, he notices that you are a visitor who does not know much about his town and starts to introduce himself. He says that he is quite famous. He says that he is William Shakespeare.

Well, it may be an awesome experience if you can meet William Shakespeare. As you may all know, he was the famous poet and also the play writer. His plays were performed during the Middle Ages and are still being performed nowadays. In fact, so many people love his poems and plays which are romantic, somewhat tragic and unrealistic. You, who are now listening to my presentation, may also like his pieces. Then, have you ever wondered, "by the way, why the people all over the world, including the gone generations, love Shakespeare's plays and poems so much?" Maybe some of you have thought like that. In fact, what I'm going to tell you today will be the answer to the question.

When it comes to the reason why we love Shakespeare's pieces, there can be many reasons. Among them, the biggest reason is that they are very interesting and horrible. In fact, the two were the main features of famous plays of the Middle Ages. So, according to the author of Horrible Histories , Terry Deary, William Shakespeare might be inspired by the religious English plays of Middle Ages, which often dealt with the stories of the Bible. The plays were amazing, awesome, surprising and wonderful for the people of the Middle Ages. Of course, Shakespeare could not write religious plays since it was the Tudor Age, when the person who dealt with a religious theme was punished. Instead, Shakespeare gave his audience more than that. He gave them 'horror'.

Among his plays, one of his tragics, Titus Andronicus , was the most violent one. It tells the fictional story of Titus, who was the general of Roman Army. Shakespeare put some unusual ways of killing, which he liked so much, in this play. You know, the ways were so dreadful. Especially, in Titus Andronicus, a miserable character called Chiron was stabbed and baked into a pie. Moreover, the pie was served to his mother. Isn't it horrible? Besides, there is a more horrible scene in the play. Lavinia, who was the daughter of Titus, was even cut out her hands and tongue!
It's more horrible. Isn't it? However, actually, the horrible scenes made Shakespeare's plays more popular and more interesting. And, as I mentioned, that's why the people all over the world like his pieces.

Besides, the horrible and interesting scenes were the result of William Shakespeare's efforts. Do you think that the people who do not know much about play can make great plays like what Shakespeare made? Do you think that the people who are not that enthusiastic and dilligent can make fantastic plays like what Shakespeare made? Do you think that the people who do not agonize over which scene to add and which scene to delate can make awesome plays like what Shakespeare made? Well, you may say, "certainly not!" While nobody can deny that Shakespeare was a genius, none of his work would have been possible without his enthusiasm, dilligence and love for  his job. Along with many other aspects of William Shakespeare, they are what we should learn from him. Thank you very much.