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2Start by understanding the basic premise of whichever play you are planning on reading. Romeo and Juliet? Hamlet? Are you going to read the original text or translation into modern English? Make these decisions to decide on the best approach for reading. If you are planning on reading the translation, then jump right in! The stories are great, and as long as you have some reading skills, you should be able to understand the play just fine. One suggestion is to make a character map for some of the more complex plays, such as Macbeth. For those plays, just go online and find a tree to help you understand how everybody fits within the story. If you are planning on reading the original English, some prep work might be required. Some books have side by side text, so that if you do not understand one phrase or so you should be able to look it up. Others, for really dedicated people, have simply the old English. For these, do some research onto the meanings of old English words, know the plot line and the characters, and know your history. Shakespeare often mixed history within his plays.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:50:41 +0000

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