If shakespeare wrote in regular english all of his plays would have lost so much and wouldn't be half of what they are now. Now mind you that's pretty much how they spoke when he was writing. But sometime try reading a few lines of shakespeare but not trying to understand it, like just read but don't comprehend. Everything shakespeare writes is utterly poetic and beautiful. He was truly a genius and a lyrical master. The stories are good but his writing is what makes shakespeare so awesome.