Commentary 11/21/15 #1

The first video, the one titled "Shakespeare is Everywhere" was an interesting. I find it odd that a man we know so little about can have such a large impact on the English language. I have looked into Shakespeare's influence before and the things he has done are simply amazing. The most obvious place in that Shakespeare can be found is in cinema. It is on film that his plays are often watched, outside of the theatre. The largest way in which Shakespeare influences us can be found in what we say. that Shakespeare can be found is in our dialect. We owe an unbelievable amount of our daily words to the bard. Words such as assassinate, besmirch, moonlight and others were coined by him. Even ones that seem impossible, such as eyeball and even skim milk belong to him. In this way, whether or not we are aware of it, Shakespeare is almost always with us. He is around in other, less obvious ways as well. His influence on literature, the main reason he is so widely studied in the classroom, is enormous. His trace can be found in innumerable works, from fiction novels, to essays written on him by college professors. But despite all his influence, he is still dreaded by thousands, possibly millions of students every year. The reason why he is so dreaded, the language of the plays can make deciphering their meaning extremely difficult, seems to contradict his influence. No wonder he is so mysterious.