Ok, explain something. Why this board dismisses so easily the

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Ok, explain something.

Why this board dismisses so easily the plot if all the western canon shit I've read it seems more important (by important I mean impressive) the plot of the story being told and the ideas behind the work.

It seems as if the plot and the quality of the ideas (that are simply tropes and retellings of previous authors tropes, or philosophical mumblings over ethical concerns) matters more than the quality of the written text.

Am I on the right path?
Does most authors simply use the language in eloquent (but not amazing) ways, this includes most of the western canon.

By not amazing I mean, the language reads as simply the use of someone well read, but doesn't go beyond something extraordinary.

Am I wrong in my impression that inmortal writers are mere humans, who also shat and peed themselves, with failures and love in their lives, mere mortals of flesh and poop.

The only writer I've seen that comes near to make something impressive to me, is shakespeare.

Oh dear shakespeare.

Is he the only one who fulfill my desire to see greatness or am I a pleb for not taking seriously the other mere mortals?