Really? I guess in whatever year you're in you would be restricted. Sadly, you can't really write about whatever you want until uni, unless you take creative writing for A-levels or whatever is the equivalent in the US of A. Not many places offered it, though, or I'd have gone for it like a flash...
...instead, I'm looking at Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, the Tempest, and Romeo and Juliet. At the same time. Now, I love the plays, and I think Mr. Shakespeare was a genius, but, FUCK, there's only so much my sanity can take.
He didn't just influence a few movies. He was a revolutionary in his time, one of the first to portray a black guy as anything other than an animalistic idiot. If you see one of his plays performed by a talented cast of actors... you'll understand why English courses worldwide love to suck his dick.
Metaphorically.