vi. Conclusion. A Modest Proposal It seems strange to advocate teaching Shakespeare's "bad" or "weak" plays, but studying a play that isn't entirely successful from one of our greatest playwrights can be a very valuable experience. Of course students should still read the "great"plays, but sometimes just knowing something is "great" makes it automatically boring and difficult to truly appreciate. A more balanced approach to Shakespeare, a humanizing approach could help students truly appreciate what makes the playwright so well-known. Too often students say that Hamlet is famous simply because "Shakespeare wrote it."Wouldn't it be better for students to take Shakespeare off his cultural pedestal and recognize the play as great because of its successful content?Perhaps teaching a bad Shakespeare play or two would make the famous plays'greatness truly understood and deserved. 4x Why does the author feel that students should study both good and bad works of Shakespeare? A Students can learn that Shakespeare wasn't really so great after all. B Students will begin to like and understand Shakespeare and will want to read all of his plays. C Students often find the Shakespeare plays taught in school to be boring and hard to understand. D Students will be able to appreciate and better understand Shakespeare's successes by examining his failures.