Why we should NOT study Shakespeare. Well it is pretty obvious why we should not be studying Shakespeare. One of my main reasons why we shouldn’t be studying shakespeare is because nobody speaks the way he writes his stories. People do not go around and say wherefore art thou my friend people do not talk like that so i don’t know why we are learning shakespeare. Another reason why we should not be learning shakespeare is he has been dead for how many years why can’t we read some modern books by authors that are still ALIVE! Yes shakespeare's stories are good stories but why can they be in english and not the language he uses so modern teenagers can read it without getting a headache. Honestly who voluntarily sits down and reads shakespeare and has a good time.