You could get the content with a pure translation. But part of Shakespeare is the cadence, and that's really hard to preserve in a translation. You think that

You could get the content with a pure translation. But part of Shakespeare is the cadence, and that's really hard to preserve in a translation. You think that's not important for modern people? Hip hop would disagree with you. So would many preachers (including politicians). And showing high school students who are into hip hop "look, Shakespeare is doing the same things" is a really interesting hook for them.