How should a brainlet like myself read Shakespeare? No Fear Shakespeare? Annotated Shakespeare by Rowse? Arden?

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Anonymous Sun Feb 27 21:11:31 2022 No.19994436 [Reply] [Original]

How should a brainlet like myself read Shakespeare? No Fear Shakespeare? Annotated Shakespeare by Rowse? Arden?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 21:14:52 2022 No.19994447 Shakespeare wrote for brainlet audiences. If you're struggling with the language just read the no sweat version

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 21:20:41 2022 No.19994464 File: 34 KB, 318x499, hamlet.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I have found the annotations in the Barnes & Noble editions to be more than adequate. If they're not enough for you, you were never gonna make it anyway

Anonymous Sun Feb 27 22:03:26 2022 No.19994628

>>19994436
Read it once through alongside Wikipedia to understand the plot and the characters. Read the second time with plot and characters in mind, but pay attention to the language. Subsequent rereads reveal more and more. The biggest issue I have when starting a new Shakespeare is just getting a foothold

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