Reflection on research

1. My impressions of shakespeare work is that his work is very olden. Thus myself, as a youngster, can't understand nor comprehend this types of plays. Thus I do not enjoy shakespeare's works and art forms. However, I do agree that he is a great writer and makes fantastic plays. Plays that went famous and works of art that many appreciate now. His works are hard for me to understand as the language he uses is of a different time. Words like thee makes it hard to understand what he is writing. However, many of my friends feedback that his books are interesting after you get what they mean. However, I find his life very interesting. It is filled with trials and tribulations, like his son passing away. However, he still preserves to continue living and writing with the emotions needed. In my opinion, shakespeare paved the way for modern plays and movies. His work has been reproduced into movie forms and furthermore he created the passion for plays and movies. However, I think he made a big impact to his time and the modern times as he used so much imagination and creativity to create his plays, thus we can enjoy plays that are so different that what it used to be.

2. Though the era of Queen Elizabeth I is very different from our present day in terms of us having modern technology and cleanness and standard of living all becoming a part of our daily lives, I still think that the similarity between our era and that of Queen Elizabeth I is that our society is still split into social levels. Thus the rich has obviously the better lifestyle while the poor work hard to obtain a lifestyle good enough for them to carry on living. For example, the rich goes to those expensive clubs and parties while the poor has to beg or sell tissue paper to make a living for themselves.

3. Yes I think that Shakespeare's work can be applied to our modern day context. Now, so many movies, books and plays are about romance. Like what shakespeare did, he put in romance over all circumstances in his play, romeo and juliet. I'm pretty sure that it sparked a fire for creating love stories and romance genre in not just plays and books, but also songs and movies. This genre is very common in the today society, where so many movies are about how one guy falls in love with another girl. Despite all odds, they managed to get together in the end and live happily ever after. This is an example of what shakespeare created, undying love, love that surpasses all understanding. Thus I think that shakespeare's work can be applied to our modern day context and it influence our modern day society and entertainment.