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Changes In The Spoken Language In William Shakespeare's Works

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Works written by William Shakespeare are considered works that are still relevant to the education of students in the twenty-first century, and as an effect, his works are still incorporated in the high school curriculum, particularly Mississippi College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS). Problems arise from the teaching of Shakespeare in today’s classrooms because students find it difficult to understand the language that Shakespeare uses in his works. This difficulty is the effect of the changes in the spoken language over time. Words specifically change in the ways they are pronounced and the understood meaning. For example, in Act III of "Hamlet" when Ophelia tells Hamlet, "You are naught, you are naught," she means more than what one would
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