Shakespheare Shakesphere, the world of understood and misunderstood. The argument "Why Read Shakesphere?" By Michael Mack, gives us many reasons on why to read Shakespere. Any reason to not read it is nothing but an excuse, there is no reason why you should'nt or can't. Mack produces an effective argument that Shakespheare is worth reading through his rhetorical devices and evidence. To start off, the device Mack uses to advance his argument is through his use of hyperbole. Line 15, states "Its grows on you". Mack is saying,if you give shakesphere a chance it will start becoming more understandable and likable. You will discover something new each time you read it. The next rhetorical device Mack uses is imagery and rhetorical…show more content… In Lines 51-59, he quotes what some college students would think. "What would my bowling buddies say?", "I'm in a professional school,and in just want to get my professional studies as quickly as possible." And another, "I much prefer something more scientific-I believe in studying "real" things: fiction is fun to read on the summer break,but...". Macks response to all these college students thoughts are, "In response to these serious-minded objections to reading shakespere, I would like to suggest that what you find in Shakespere is as serious as the subject matter of your other courses. We think of biology and chemistry, history and politics,psychology and sociaology as subjects that are focused on the real world. Well, as with these subjects, Shakespheare offers us a lens on the real world in which we live." Lines 60-66. Mack stated that, Shakespheare is just as important as the real world. No matter what you think your friends are going to say,Shakespere is just as important as any other subject. The next peice of evidence is lines 93-100. "LIterature teaches you about life, and the better you understand literature,the better you understand life. Its is also true, though, that the more you know about life, the better equipped you are to understand what you find in literature. This is a two-way mirroring means that learning about literature and learning about life go hand in hand. And it means that…show more content… What about the tech savvy college freshman? In his article he stated "This phenonmenon of people having difficulty understanding Shakespeare is hardly new. It predates by centeruies our truncated attention spans and our preference for the fast cuts of modern video". Lines 30-33 As you can see, he included about how this generation is more techical and all about computers. But he di nit say anything to appeal to the kids that are tech savvy or made any effort in including them or appealing to them. If Mack would have made his argument to appeal to a wider range of people, such as Tech Savvy college freshman, he would have more
