Shakespeare Takes the l in Twelfth Night

According to many critics, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is one of his greatest comedies written. However, because of Shakespeare's large reputation as the greatest playwright to have lived, it becomes hard to gauge how groundbreaking Twelfth Night really is. In fact, the reason behind literary reputability in general is something hard to define objectively. If Twelfth Night were to be written today by Ms. Smit, would it garner the same praise? Of course Twelfth Night has its reasons for its widespread recognition. However, I would like delve in to some reasons why it should not be deserving of such a title. While reading Twelfth Night, finding a purpose deeper than simply entertaining an audience is hard to find. Of course this may be Shakespeare trying to fulfill the very purpose of entertaining an audience which is respectable in its own right. However, Twelfth Night is far from anything satirical or socially critical for its time. Though it does contain some witty and profound statements that undermine issues and social inadequacies regarding love. Much of the play is focused on getting a good laugh out of the audience. Something that lower case literature does today.