Shakespeare is Everywhere

   In Christopher Gaze's TED talk "Shakespeare is Everywhere", he brings up the points that although the formal language of Shakespeare is not present in today's society, it still very much alive. Upon giving background of Shakespeare's life, he relates it to the major plays that he wrote, such as Hamlet. He also states that many of our sayings derive from Shakespeare and that these phrases are now commonly used by everyday people. One of these sayings includes "dead as a doorknob." Gaze also brings up the point that Shakespeare is relevant to today's society because of the themes it holds and the variety of dimensions that Shakespeare has. He reenacts a side to Shakespeare that not many know about due to their knowledge of only Shakespeare's famous works, which in turn shows the audience, as well as all the viewers, that Shakespeare was more than just the tragedies and heroes. All of this evidence that Gaze presents lends to the idea that Shakespeare has not gone extinct, but in fact is still alive and relevant to today's times as well in the language that is spoken today and in the diverse themes that his works present.