Shakespeare today

Shakespeare works has a great influence in many modern books and stories today. He was an author that wrote comedy and tragedy, and theater and poetry as well. That is why it seems that he set up the base where many writers, going from his contemporaries to modern writers, has based their works. For example, the deep exploration he made about the topic of revenge in many of his works such as The Tempest or Hamlet was really modern and very original. Shakespeare transformed a barely used topic before and developed one of the most common topics used nowdays by authors that find in Shakespeare works a great inspiration. But not only there are Shakespeare influences in books, but also in televison. One of the clearest examples is the TV series called The Simpsons since some episodes are based in stories Shakespeare created, such as Hamlet or King Lear. The list could go on and on in a never ending list of influences. This makes it clear that Shakespeare is an author that will never disappear from Literary History.