Why was Shakespeare important in the Renaissance?

London was the heart of England, reflecting all the vibrant qualities of the Elizabethan Age. This atmosphere made London a leading center of culture as well as commerce. Its dramatists and poets were among the leading literary artists of the day. In this heady environment, Shakespeare lived and wrote.Shakespeare taught us how and what to perceive, and he also instructed us how and what to sense and then to experience as sensation. Seeking as he did to enlarge us, not as citizens or as Christians but as consciousnesses, Shakespeare outdid all his preceptors as an entertainer. In short, he basically reformed the "English language"! There were no greater "playwrights" than Shakespeare ! ... more