| How to Read Shakespeare Many students complain about reading Shakespeare. “It's old and hard to understand,” is one of the most common complaints. Let's break their problems down, and feed them their words, shall we? We shall.
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“Okay so why does he matter?” This is a common question, and easily sympathized with; I mean, how much do you relate with your grandparents? They talk different... They dance weird... Well think of it this way, Shakespeare is like a grandparent: if you can get passed the oldie-language and his poetic dance, he actually has some insightful things to say. And his topics are still relevant today. Believe it or not, he really does have things he wants to teach us all.
So now to the plateau of all questions: How do you read Shakespeare?
I think after all of this, the answer is simple enough. You read Shakespeare with an open mind. You understand the wording dances to a beat of it's own drum, and perhaps you should keep a dictionary app close by. You open the book understanding these things, and you try. Don't throw it away like moldy bread. You might not get it at first and you might not get it the next few times, but good things come to "those who work for it" (a quote by Baylee). Accept that it took him years to write his plays and you aren't going to read one in 2 hours. Keep an open mind, and let the words of Shakespeare sink in.
So now to the plateau of all questions: How do you read Shakespeare?
I think after all of this, the answer is simple enough. You read Shakespeare with an open mind. You understand the wording dances to a beat of it's own drum, and perhaps you should keep a dictionary app close by. You open the book understanding these things, and you try. Don't throw it away like moldy bread. You might not get it at first and you might not get it the next few times, but good things come to "those who work for it" (a quote by Baylee). Accept that it took him years to write his plays and you aren't going to read one in 2 hours. Keep an open mind, and let the words of Shakespeare sink in.