"What I think about Shakespeare..."

Shakespeare to me is a writer who creates portals back into time. Every once in a while, as we read on in Caesar, I can picture the scenes he describes, and the asides tell me more about the characters. He is an accomplished writer, who by many, is recognized as an old person who uses weird language. Although this may be so, if we do not have Shakespeare, we have lost part of history. His writing reflects the times he lived in, and gives the new era of writers more ideas of what to write about. His other piece of writing, Romeo and Juliet, was long (all his writing is) yet it is the basis of most love stories today. When people hear William Shakespeare, they immediately think of long meaningless lines that only would have been spectacular in the times it was written. I believe that all his writing needs to be disected piece by piece to attain the true understanding of his works. I have grown to like Shakespeare, however sometimes lines and scenes turn out to be extremely cheesey. (The movie isn't any better) However, it has taught me a lot about literature. Shakespeare needs to be kept in all classrooms around the world so that new age writers experience literature to the fullest.