5 Shocking Claims about Modernizing Shakespeare from ThoughtCatalog (presented by Buzzfeed)

I'm aware this is rough-- I'm still trying to narrow down my topic but I think this exercise helped me do that a little bit!

1. Causal: Because Shakespeare's social commentary on Elizabethan England, as found in his plays, is valued centuries after its original performances, it have inspired several generations to adapt his works to reflect the modern day while still using them as a vehicle to comment on current social issues.
2. Policy: Although Shakespeare's plays remains culturally relevant in their original forms, adapting the original texts to reflect current culture should be encouraged because provides new ways for the same universal themes to reach a new generational audience.
3. Definition: Adapting Shakespeare's plays pays homage to the playwright who borrowed storylines from classical works.
4. Evaluation: Altering Shakespeare's works to fit the eras it is adapted in is equally valuable as the original texts because it provides new opportunities to mirror the values of the current society and critique social issues (as Shakespeare's works did with Elizabethan England).
5. Comparison: Shakespeare's plays have been adapted generation after generation, from West Side Story to She's the Man, with updated plot points and language to reflect the era. 21st century adaptations of Shakespeare that translate the text into modern terms include our changing, growing millennial vocabulary; that is similar to Shakespeare's invention and inclusion of many then-new words and phrases.

5 different claims

Policy Claim
 Shakespeare should not be read with a single mentality of "Shakespeare is a romantic" which is the popular belief but instead should be read with an understanding that Shakespeare could actually be a skeptic.

Definition Claim
Shakespeare is a skeptic when it comes to idealistic love and is not the romantic that many people believe him to be.

Comparison Claim
Shakespeare is much more of a skeptic than a romantic and it shows through his romantic relationships in his plays.

Evaluation Claim
A better way to understand Shakespeare's plays is to understand that Shakespeare was much more skeptical when it came to romantic relationships.

Causal Claim
Understanding that Shakespeare is not a the supporter of idealistic love but is a skeptic results in a new understanding and view of his plays.