I personally think Shakespeare is overrated. He is definitely one of the greatest dramatists but I don't like the fact that people almost consider him as a "god". I think Shakespeare's work got popular after his dead when Great Britain became a world power and made everyone read his works. What he should get credit for is that he was ( one of the ) first one(s) to change theatre in something that we still know and use today in TV shows for example. This is also one of the reasons why people consider him as the best dramatist ever: people often think that the "inventor" of something new is automatically the best in it. The same thing happens in music for example ( Ray Charles - Soul / Nirvana - Grunge / a lot of hiphop artists / ... ). But that's my opininion. Do you think Shakespeare is overrated? Why do you think he is not overrated? Do you think other ( specific ) writers earn more recognition? p.s here's another article with some other good arguments : http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/144931.article