None of the stuff we did at school showed any indication of insight into things of relevance to our world.

If I took out a loan on the value of goods being shipped to me, only for my ship to be lost at sea… it would be covered by insurance, and no bank would even consider acting like Shylock (nor have the motivation of being constantly tormented over religion) for such weird collateral, and the bank manager's daughters wouldn't get away with dressing up as lawyers (no chance their arguments would pass the sniff test today given the bar requirement) to argue against their dad… and they wouldn't need to because the collateral would be legally void anyway and rejected by any court.

The ships would also not then suddenly make a final act appearance to apologise for being late, to contradict the previous belief they were lost at sea, because we have radio now.

The closest to "relevant" that I would accept, is the extent to which some of the plots can be remade into e.g. The Lion King or Wyrd Sisters — but even then…

"Methinks, to employeth antiquated tongues doth render naught but confusion, tis less even than naughty, for such conceits doth veil true import with shadows."