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Originally Posted by NWRA
I'm thinking of reading some Shakespeare too. I feel that, as an English student, I need to know more about the plots and characters (I've only read Romeo & Juliet at school) as reference-points. But I find it very difficult to sit down and read a play as you would read a novel. Does anyone else have the problem? Can you get used to it? or should I buy the Laurence Olivier DVD collection.
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You really need to read more of them! I find it gets easier the more I read or watch of Shakespeare and more and more enjoyable. Remember, each of those plays you could read in a day. Watching can help comprehension through hearing how the words are meant to be said and you learn other things and can more closely look at the language by reading; so you learn different things, so do both. I'm English student too and a quarter of this past year has been spent on Shakespeare, it's been great...maybe the lecture weren't that fantastic though.