Lack of knowledge and concern for students' individual learning styles, the intricacy of Shakespearean plays enhanced by ineffective instructional methods contributed significantly to the poor performance of 'O' level literature students especially in Shakespearean plays. It has been discovered that most teachers and students shun teaching and learning these plays because of: the language of Shakespeare which is archaic, the plots which are complicated, lack of stage directions and the use of blank verse. In the bid to unravel the myths and propose ways that can possibly erase the negative...