So for school, we have to read Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare's language is totally IMPOSSIBLE to understand! Does anyone have some tips for dealing with Shakespeare? Or maybe a good website that I can get help from?
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[url]http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/[/url]Has the old English version and modern English side by side
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It's all in english, what are you having trouble with?
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Just wait till you get to a Midsummer Night's Dream, buddy.
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It's a bit odd at first but by no means impossible to understand.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet#Synopsis
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Edited by coolmike699: 5/23/2013 3:30:51 AMMost schools give students the Folger Library editions of Shakespeare's plays, which have the modern meanings of words and expressions that you'd find in Shakespeare's text. I'm not the biggest Shakespeare fan myself. I just finished a Shakespeare class I had to take for my major. I did alright in it, but I don't think I'll be studying Shakespeare any more.
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sparknotes, I also hate shakespeare.
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Edited by Kafuu Chino: 5/23/2013 3:28:01 AMHere. (And suddenly Sparknotes everywhere)
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Many have.
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Edited by RC5908: 5/23/2013 3:26:10 AM[url=http://nfs.sparknotes.com/]k[/url] Also, it really isn't that hard to read. You just have to actually analyze what you're reading instead of just skimming it like you could do with modern English. But yeah, it is pointless.
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It's really not that hard.