The Whole of Shakespeare

Shakespeare represents a great deal of the world in his writings. All his readers acknowledged that, and yet it is hard to tell just what his view of the world is, let alone what his view of the whole that includes the world is. Although his works represent human times from the Trojan war to when Europe discovered the new world; although they portray with fair accuracy the manners, dress, and look of many peoples, …

…derminer of traditions, as the liberator of students from truth, and as the teacher that there is nothing good in itself, only will, and himself the most beautiful willer there has ever been, may be more deleterious. So parents and children deciding on colleges need to check and see if Shakespeare is required, but they also need to find out how he is taught. Shakespeare is not only the measure of man but of colleges.