soliek… who really cares about Shakepeare other than academics? Where does he have influence? Most people will be able to quote a few famous phrases to prove that they are literate and that’s about all. Elitist snobs will go to Shakespeare productions to impress themselves on how cultured they are, but don’t exactly develop their world view through going. Other than that… no one cares at all.
I know that you are in school now, so you must be seeing a higher representation of literature than is true generally.
I’d be more interested to hear what you think of what I said about how vampire lore is steeped in anti-semitism.