2007-02-21 13:58:14 · 11 answers · asked by Shelb-N-Ator [[H!ATD]] 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yes, you just have to read it slow at first to get what it is saying, then go back and read it again. It's really not as difficult as some people make it out to be.
2007-02-21 14:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by "Hello, I Love You" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ooh, i like Shakespeare yet lazy to confirm his works. Sorry, the 1st paragraph is all i'd desire to understand. it could take some hours to appreciate the different paragraphs and that i've got not got that plenty time. First paragraph: no one is going around in summer time by using fact that is warm and thanks to this she feels very thirsty at that factor. She asks for help, want water yet could no longer get it. She's so desperate and sweating. Then, a boy got here and pronounced "oh pity". Then she cried and the boy asked why.
2017-01-03 04:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do. I grew up in the days when the King James Bible was still the favorite, and the Revised Standard Version not that much different; and church services were usually conducted in King James English too. So Shakespeare wasn't that unusual. I understand the reasons for modernizing, but I regret that the younger folks don't get this experience. But, inevitably, time marches on. Nobody grows up with Chaucer's English anymore, and they haven't for centuries.
2007-02-21 17:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the first few scenes, I get the hang of it. It's not terribly difficult to get the feel of what's going on, even if you can't translate it word-for-word.
BTW, it's Shakespeare, not Shakesphere.
2007-02-21 14:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by Scarlet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds silly, but Shakespeare wrote to be read a loud. Try that at home when nobody is around. If that feels too silly, try reading along while playing a movie version. The BBC has the complete works.
2007-02-21 14:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by sherrilyn1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Though the words may seem a little strange, after practice and critical thinking of the text, one can understand what Shakespeare is talking about.
2007-02-21 14:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by Live Laugh Love 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because I annotate like a demon.
Shakesphere only exists to make the English language as complicated as possible.
2007-02-21 14:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by roxusan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck no, way too complex unless you have a lot of time on your hands to decipher his complicated yet poetic writing.
2007-02-21 14:06:15 · answer #8 · answered by marshimaro1993 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but it takes some concentration... if you have trouble with Shakespeare, you should try Poe.
2007-02-21 14:02:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hecks no, but his printing is okay if not a bit scratchy.
2007-02-21 14:01:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋