William Shakespeare is the world's greatest poet and dramatist. Every Englishman knows more or less the works of his country's great¬est poet. Words and phrases from Shakespeare's writings have become part of the English language and are used by all.
Shakespeare made fuller use of the English language than any other writer. There is no better way for a foreigner or an Englishman to understand the richness of the English language than by studying how Shakespeare used it.