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Originally posted by Stormcrow
Speaking of Shakespear - why do they still make us learn that these days? I know its one of the original books - maybe they could do a revision in modern English. I seriously couldn't understand it at all, half the words it it aren't used these days!
Dan.
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Dear Dan,
I sympathize. Shakespeare's plays (which are what most of us read in school) are not meant to be read as literature -- they're
scripts, intended for actors, directors, etc. I was never any good at doing "assigned reading" either. In one class in college, "Stranger in a Strange Land," by Robert A. Heinlein, was required reading. Even though I'd been wanting to read it for quite a while, I couldn't manage to finish it, LOL.
Best wishes,
David P.