I believe we should study Shakespeare for two reasons. One is so we can learn where many of today’s phrases and words come from. Also to learn how rhetoric can be used in fictional stories. Shakespeare was a master of using rhetoric to connect the characters in his plays to the audience.
In order to understand Shakespeare’s rhetoric you must, first, be able to understand Shakespeare’s words. You must be able to know what each and every line says when it is written in a different way than what we typically see today. During Shakespeare’s time rhetoric was the basis of thought and was used effectively in everyday conversations. But today we have changed how we think about rhetoric, from using it to connect things to promises that we make to gain support but do not follow through.
The way to think like Shakespeare is to take a certain approach to a variety of challenges. This approach was taught throughout school systems around the world. It created many inventive thinkers and allowed people to be imaginative even as adults. You must be open to learning from others and not allow your own thoughts conflict with what you are being taught. This allows you to listen to others ideas and thought, which will allow you to make your own from building on the thoughts of others.
Biography.com Editors. “William Shakespeare.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Aug. 2019, http://www.biography.com/writer/william-shakespeare.
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